A fine George III carved mahogany centre table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale

A fine George III carved mahogany centre table in the manner of Thomas Chippendale

The rectangular tilt top with canted angles and a later pierced gilt bronze gallery on a tapered ring turned and wrythen baluster column and a quadripartite base with moulded downswept legs terminating in scroll feet and castors, 64cm wide, 58.5cm deep, 74cm high.

The above lot with the unusual quadripartite base relates to a group of of tripod tables linked to Chippendale on the basis of the three tables supplied to the lodging rooms at Harewood House and illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Leeds, 1978, p.256, pl.469. These tables share the same leg profile and scroll foot which can further be seen on a table of 'guadalupe wood' made for No.19 Arlington Street in 1764, now at Aske Hall andillustratedin C.Gilbert, ibid., p.257. pl.470. This pattern of leg with the wrythen turned baluster is seen on a table in satinwood from the collection of N.M.L Watson, Esq. and later sold at Christie's London,21 November 1985, lot 52. This was clearly a popular form of table and other tripods attributed to Thomas Chippendale and with this distinctive legs pattern include examples sold Christie's London, 27th November 2003, lot 15, 7th July 1994, lot 68, 27 November 2003, lot 65 and Sotheby's London, 18 November 1994, lot 107.