65 - A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CIRCULAR TRIPOD TABLEMID 18TH CENTURYThetilt top with a rocaille wave carved edge, on down scrolled legs with shellfeet78cm high, 82.5cm diameterFootnote:The pattern of this tea table relates to designs for ‘ClawTables’ published in Ince & Mayhew’s pattern book Universal System ofHousehold Furniture, 1759-62, plate XIII. A table with closely related baseis illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, eds., The Dictionary of EnglishFurniture, 1927, vol.III, p.198,fig.10.Other tables of similar design whose maker is yet to be identifiedinclude two tables in the collection of Fred Skull. One, which was acquired in1952 by Judge Irwin Untermyer after Skull’s death and subsequently bequeathedto the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York was sold Christie’s New York, 11December 2014, lot 9. The second was later sold from the J. Ivan Yatescollection, Sotheby’s London, 2 April 1971, lot 33.

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CIRCULAR TRIPOD TABLEMID 18TH CENTURYThetilt top with a rocaille wave carved edge, on down scrolled legs with shellfeet78cm high, 82.5cm diameterFootnote:The pattern of this tea table relates to designs for ‘ClawTables’ published in Ince & Mayhew’s pattern book Universal System ofHousehold Furniture, 1759-62, plate XIII. A table with closely related baseis illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, eds., The Dictionary of EnglishFurniture, 1927, vol.III, p.198,fig.10.Other tables of similar design whose maker is yet to be identifiedinclude two tables in the collection of Fred Skull. One, which was acquired in1952 by Judge Irwin Untermyer after Skull’s death and subsequently bequeathedto the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York was sold Christie’s New York, 11December 2014, lot 9. The second was later sold from the J. Ivan Yatescollection, Sotheby’s London, 2 April 1971, lot 33. Condition Report: Generally good, structurally secure with wear and tear consistent with age and use. The.re are dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks, the leading edges and carvings throughout are worn and scuffed. The table top has a repaired old split, with evidence on the underside (redundant screw holes) of old stabilising battens. Partof the foliate carved wave edge has been recarved and other sections of theedge repaired. Some minor old marks and staining to surfaces which are now repolished to a consistent colour.Overall a good looking table in ready to use condition.