Thomas Moore
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Lot 43TP
A pair of Regency rosewood, calamander banded, parcel gilt and simulated rosewood card tablesin the manner of Henry Holland, after the model by Marsh and Tatham
18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,287.50 inc. premium
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A pair of Regency rosewood, calamander banded, parcel gilt and simulated rosewood card tables
in the manner of Henry Holland, after the model by Marsh and Tatham
Circa 1810, each with a swivel-hinged top with canted angles and fluted edges, enclosing a baize inset playing surface, concealing a mahogany-lined interior, on a flared ring turned and reeded inset column, with a concave quadripartite base terminating in winged and volute scrolled lion paw feet, with recessed brass castors, 93cm wide x 46cm deep x 75cm high, (36 1/2in wide x 18in deep x 29 1/2in high) (2)
Circa 1810, each with a swivel-hinged top with canted angles and fluted edges, enclosing a baize inset playing surface, concealing a mahogany-lined interior, on a flared ring turned and reeded inset column, with a concave quadripartite base terminating in winged and volute scrolled lion paw feet, with recessed brass castors, 93cm wide x 46cm deep x 75cm high, (36 1/2in wide x 18in deep x 29 1/2in high) (2)
Footnotes
A pair of comparable occasional tables to the offered lot sold Christie's, South Kensington, 2nd July 2014, Ronald Phillips Ltd - Making Room, lot 274 while another similar centre table sold Christie's, 20th-21st September 2004, Property from Two Ducal Collections, Woburn Abbey, lot 1150.
The model for these tables derives from designs for Roman candelabrum introduced by the connoisseur Thomas Hope (d. 1842) at his Duchess Street mansion museum and illustrated in his major work, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, first published 1807, pl. IX and L, No. 3.
A further pair of tables, likewise derived from Hope's candelabra patterns, formed part of the drawing room furniture designed by Henry Holland (d. 1806), and supplied in circa 1809 by the Mount Street firm of Marsh & Tatham for Southill, Bedfordshire (G. Jackson-Stops, 'Southill Park, Bedfordshire', Country Life, 28th April 1994, pp.'s 62-67, and F.J.B. Watson, 'The Furniture and Decoration', Southill: A Regency House, London, 1951, pp.'s 29-30, pl. 45).
Also, the inset reeded spreading column, concave-sided plinth and giltwood lion paw feet of the offered tables relate to a pair of octagonal tripod tables originally at Oakley House, Bedfordshire, which was fitted for The 5th Duke of Bedford by Holland (Henry Holland, Woburn Abbey, exhibition catalogue, 1971, p. 6 and fig. 8). A pair of tables of this design sold from the collection of Lord and Lady White of Hull, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1997, lot 226, illustrated in E. Joy, English Furniture, 1800-1851, London, 1977, p. 65.
