A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA ACTION FOLDING TOP ...

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€30,000 - €40,000

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA ACTION FOLDING TOP CARD TABLES MID 18TH CENTURY, each with hinged fold over top enclosing a later maroon baise lined interior above an entrelac and rosette moulding and a plain frieze with gadrooned edge on cabriole legs with carved canthus and claw and ball feet. 74cm high, 92cm wide, 44.5cm deep, 86cm open The design of these tables reflects the style popularised by Thomas Chippendale in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, first published in 1754, as well as by other notable cabinetmakers of the period. Among them were William Bradshaw and Paul Saunders, who, from their Soho Square workshop, supplied a suite of furniture, including armchairs, settees, and card tables, for Holkham Hall, Norfolk, in 1757. It is believed they also provided furniture for Longleat, Wiltshire, around 1754, featuring prominently carved foliage and strapwork scrolls, similar in style to the tables offered here. Comparable examples, such as those from the collection of J.S. Sykes, are documented in R.W. Symonds' Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks (London, 1940, p. 31, fig. 23; and p. 43, fig. 130). One of these tables was previously owned by the renowned collector Percival Griffiths and, after being sold from the Sykes collection, passed into the hands of Christopher Joll Esq. and subsequently Simon Sainsbury. Most recently, this table was sold from the Sainsbury Collection at Christie’s, London, on 11 September 2008, lot 210, achieving a price of £67,250 (including premium). A closely related pair to this lot sold in Christies London 19 May 2016 for £116,500 including premium.