The Property of a Lady of TitleAn important pair of George II carved mahogany back-to-back library writing tablescirca 1730, the design attributed to William Kent and possibly executed by John Boson and Cornelius Martin the later leather inset pentagonal tops with projecting corners, the conforming moulded edge carved with acanthus and with two long drawers within guilloche borders above a kneehole recess edged with bead-and-reel carving and flanked by tapering stop-fluted pilasters headed by flower-head paterae, the canted sides with a single frieze drawer above a cupboard door centred by a circular moulding with egg-and-dart border and a later circular drop ring handle operating a spring lock and a further drawer below, the sides each with three drawers above a dummy drawer, all within conforming guilloche and acanthus mouldings, the rear corner with half-pilasters which form a full pilaster when joined back-to-back with the other table, the plinth feet with gadrooned moulding with foliate corners and four concealed hardwood castorseach 83cm. high, 154cm. wide, 74cm. deep; 2ft. 8 3/4 in., 5ft. 3/4 in., 2ft. 5 1/4 in.Condition reportTo request a
The Property of a Lady of TitleAn important pair of George II carved mahogany back-to-back library writing tablescirca 1730, the design attributed to William Kent and possibly executed by John Boson and Cornelius Martin the later leather inset pentagonal tops with projecting corners, the conforming moulded edge carved with acanthus and with two long drawers within guilloche borders above a kneehole recess edged with bead-and-reel carving and flanked by tapering stop-fluted pilasters headed by flower-head paterae, the canted sides with a single frieze drawer above a cupboard door centred by a circular moulding with egg-and-dart border and a later circular drop ring handle operating a spring lock and a further drawer below, the sides each with three drawers above a dummy drawer, all within conforming guilloche and acanthus mouldings, the rear corner with half-pilasters which form a full pilaster when joined back-to-back with the other table, the plinth feet with gadrooned moulding with foliate corners and four concealed hardwood castorseach 83cm. high, 154cm. wide, 74cm. deep; 2ft. 8 3/4 in., 5ft. 3/4 in., 2ft. 5 1/4 in.Condition reportTo request a
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