Late Regency Rosewood Centre Table
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A fine late Regency or George IV centre table executed in rosewood with gilt brass beading to the edge of the top and finely cast and chased winged paw feet c.1825.
The table top executed in specially selected rosewood veneers of the finest figure and quality with two lines of gilt brass or ormolu beading running around the top and bottom of the frieze. Extensive use of gilt brass like this was time consuming for the maker and also costly in terms of the materials used. This would certainly have been an extremely expensive table to have commissioned at the time.
The table is supported on a tapering columnar pedestal and a quadripartite (four sided) platform base, both of which are further ornamented with gilt brass stringing. The feet are of a fairly common winged hairy paw pattern but are exquisitely chased-the texture of the hair on the feet is particularly beautifully executed. Feet of this pattern first appear in George Smith's designs from 1808 and then are illustrated by later designers such as Henry Whitaker and P and M. A. Nicholson and they were clearly the connoisseur's choice.
H 74.5cm x W 135cm x D 135cm
H 29¼” x W 53¼” x D 53¼”
A fine late Regency or George IV centre table executed in rosewood with gilt brass beading to the edge of the top and finely cast and chased winged paw feet c.1825.
The table top executed in specially selected rosewood veneers of the finest figure and quality with two lines of gilt brass or ormolu beading running around the top and bottom of the frieze. Extensive use of gilt brass like this was time consuming for the maker and also costly in terms of the materials used. This would certainly have been an extremely expensive table to have commissioned at the time.
The table is supported on a tapering columnar pedestal and a quadripartite (four sided) platform base, both of which are further ornamented with gilt brass stringing. The feet are of a fairly common winged hairy paw pattern but are exquisitely chased-the texture of the hair on the feet is particularly beautifully executed. Feet of this pattern first appear in George Smith's designs from 1808 and then are illustrated by later designers such as Henry Whitaker and P and M. A. Nicholson and they were clearly the connoisseur's choice.
H 74.5cm x W 135cm x D 135cm
H 29¼” x W 53¼” x D 53¼”
#3166
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