Thomas Moore
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Lot 17TP
A George III carved mahogany tripod table the top is apparently associated to the column and base
21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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A George III carved mahogany tripod table
the top is apparently associated to the column and base
The circular tilt-top with a raised moulded 'pie crust' edge, on a fluted and ring turned foliate-wrapped baluster column, above an egg-and-dart moulded collar, with three scrolled acanthus clasped downswept legs, each with rocaille carved C-scroll ears, terminating in claw feet, with an ivorine plaque which reads: 'Frank Partridge, Works of Art, 26 King St., St. James's and New York'
56cm wide x 55.5cm deep x 72cm high, (22in wide x 21 1/2in deep x 28in high)
The circular tilt-top with a raised moulded 'pie crust' edge, on a fluted and ring turned foliate-wrapped baluster column, above an egg-and-dart moulded collar, with three scrolled acanthus clasped downswept legs, each with rocaille carved C-scroll ears, terminating in claw feet, with an ivorine plaque which reads: 'Frank Partridge, Works of Art, 26 King St., St. James's and New York'
56cm wide x 55.5cm deep x 72cm high, (22in wide x 21 1/2in deep x 28in high)
Footnotes
Provenance:
A.C.J. Wall Collection, Middleton Park, Oxon.
A mid 18th century tripod table with a virtually identical column, base and carving to the present lot sold Christie's, 8 June 2006, Important English Furniture, lot 16. Another comparable example sold Christie's, 6 July 2000, Important English Furniture, lot 61.
A further related tripod, likewise dated circa 1750, appears illustrated in C.C. Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, 1989, Suffolk, p. 295.
A.C.J. Wall, who was a successful business man born in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham, amassed a significant collection of English 18th century furniture in conjunction with an impressive array of ceramics, gold boxes, silver, painting, works of art and Chinese porcelain. Wall housed his collection at Middleton Park, in Oxfordshire, which was the home he bought in 1946.
Middleton Park
During the 17th century a castle, which had in fact been built in the reign of King Stephen (1135-1154) within the proximity of the current Middleton Park, was purchased by John Harman of Taynton. John Harman's son then oversaw the construction of a mansion on the present day site of Middleton. Subsequently one of his descendants, called Edmund Denton, sold the property in 1711 to the Honourable Henry Boyle, who was a cousin to the renowned Earl of Burlington.
After various other owners and architectural alterations, including a period during the mid-18th century when Middleton Park was under the tenure of William Villiers, the 3rd Earl of Jersey, the 19th century version of the house with its stone facade was ultimately demolished in the early 20th century. Following that, the celebrated architect Sir Edwin Lutyens was responsible for the building which still stands at Middleton today. Lutyens, who both designed and oversaw the construction of the current house during the period 1934-8, seemingly modelled it on great classical architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, very much in keeping with the contents of its interior.