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A George III satinwood, padouk and inlaid tripod table…
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Melbourne
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2-Apr-2019
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A George III satinwood, padouk and inlaid tripod table attributed to John Cobb (d. 1778) the oval tilt-top cross-banded in satinwood and inlaid with a ribbon-tied bouquet of roses, the leaf carved baluster pedestal on three down swept supports with scrolled terminals and block feet 71 cm high, 53 cm wide, 45.5 cm deep. Provenance: Christie's Melbourne, sale number 101, May 28 - 29, 2001, lot 255. Note: the history of this elegant tea-table can be linked with the Parisian taste for floral tapestried chairs, with 'Roman' medallion backs, which was popularised at the Gobelins manufactory in the 1750s and rapidly spread to England. Such chairs generally accompanied the magnificent wall tapestries that were woven to the designs of Francois Boucher and celebrated the 'Loves of the Roman Gods' as derived from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. A set of these Gobelins tapestries and suites of floral upholstery was ordered in 1766 for Moor Park, Hertfordshire by Sir Lawrence Dunda (d.1781); and the giltwood frames for the seat furniture were executed 1771 by the London cabinet-makers Messrs Lawrence Fell and William Turton. It is likely that this tea-table was also provided for Moor Park. Its golden top displays a trompe l'oeil beribboned bouquet of roses, that are sacred to Venus; and this is inlaid within a 'Roman' medallion frame; while a vase wrapped by Grecian palms is incorporated in the table's 'Pillar', which is supported on a tripod 'Claw' of serpentined and voluted trusses. In the 1770s the manufacture of such inlaid bouquet medallions 'In remarkable fine coloured woods' was a speciality of the golden square firm of Messrs John Mayhew and William Ince. However it is perhaps more likely that this table was supplied by the St Martin's Lane cabinet-maker John Cobb (d.1778), who was noted 1770 by Sir Lawrence as having supplied him with furniture totalling 'About 1500 pounds'. (G. Beard and C. Gilbert Dictionary of English furniture makers, Leeds, 1986 p.927). In 1784 the Moor Park furnishings and furniture were moved to the Dundas London town house, 19 Arlington Street, and it was here that the table appeared in a photograph taken in 1902 for the magazine the Kind, reprinted in London interior, country life Arum press 2000, page 56 & 57
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Furniture: Tables - zOther