A REGENCY BURR ELM, BRASS AND HOLLY INLAID SOFA TABLE ATTRIBUTED GEORGE BULLOCK CIRCA 1815 78cm high, 160.5cm wide (with leaves up), 61cm deep A closely related sofa table sold Christie's London 21st April 1994, Lot 311 (£32,200) and another at the same venue 6th April 2000, lot 123 (£44,650). This table is attributed to the cabinet maker, sculptor and designer, George Bullock (d 1818). Bullock had set up in business in London by 1813. He pioneered the use of native British wood, in particular light coloured timbers such as oak, elm, holly and the burr cuts of some of these timbers and combined them with brass 'buhl work' borders and friezes. In May 1816, Ackermann's Repository of Arts noted with reference to his work: 'There are no woods more beautiful, or better suited to the purpose of cabinet embellishment than those indigenous to our own country', and in a posthumous review of his career, Richard Brown in his 1820 Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture wrote: 'Most of his ornaments were selected from British plants... He has shown that we need not roam to foreign climes for beautiful ornaments, but that we have abundance of plants and flowers equal to the Grecian, which if adopted, would be found as pleasing as the antique (E T Joy, 'A Modernist of the Regency: George Bullock Cabinet-maker, Country Life, 22nd August 1968, p456). Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks, abrasions and minor repairs consistent with age and use. There is exceptional figuring to the timber of this table. Some patching to the veneers, probably contemporary to the piece, there is some fading, probably most evident from the colour differentiation to the centre of the table top. The stretcher is oak. Some restorations include ebonisation to the frame around the drawers, metal braces to the underside of the leg/lyre area, the feet have been re-tipped with a later black wash to the underside of the feet and possibly later casters. The drop leaves have some bowing, and the underside of the leaves have inset sections of timber to counter this. Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A REGENCY BURR ELM, BRASS AND HOLLY INLAID SOFA TABLE ATTRIBUTED GEORGE BULLOCK CIRCA 1815 78cm high, 160.5cm wide (with leaves up), 61cm deep A closely related sofa table sold Christie's London 21st April 1994, Lot 311 (£32,200) and another at the same venue 6th April 2000, lot 123 (£44,650). This table is attributed to the cabinet maker, sculptor and designer, George Bullock (d 1818). Bullock had set up in business in London by 1813. He pioneered the use of native British wood, in particular light coloured timbers such as oak, elm, holly and the burr cuts of some of these timbers and combined them with brass 'buhl work' borders and friezes. In May 1816, Ackermann's Repository of Arts noted with reference to his work: 'There are no woods more beautiful, or better suited to the purpose of cabinet embellishment than those indigenous to our own country', and in a posthumous review of his career, Richard Brown in his 1820 Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture wrote: 'Most of his ornaments were selected from British plants... He has shown that we need not roam to foreign climes for beautiful ornaments, but that we have abundance of plants and flowers equal to the Grecian, which if adopted, would be found as pleasing as the antique (E T Joy, 'A Modernist of the Regency: George Bullock Cabinet-maker, Country Life, 22nd August 1968, p456). Condition Report: Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks, abrasions and minor repairs consistent with age and use. There is exceptional figuring to the timber of this table. Some patching to the veneers, probably contemporary to the piece, there is some fading, probably most evident from the colour differentiation to the centre of the table top. The stretcher is oak. Some restorations include ebonisation to the frame around the drawers, metal braces to the underside of the leg/lyre area, the feet have been re-tipped with a later black wash to the underside of the feet and possibly later casters. The drop leaves have some bowing, and the underside of the leaves have inset sections of timber to counter this. Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
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