A PAIR OF REGENCY CALAMANDER, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT OCTAGONAL TABLES WITH ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS

Lot 595
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Lot 595 | A PAIR OF REGENCY CALAMANDER, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT OCTAGONAL TABLES WITH ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS
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$ 80 000 – 120 000
A PAIR OF REGENCY CALAMANDER, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT OCTAGONAL TABLES WITH ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS

CIRCA 1810

Each inlaid marble top centered by a flower surrounded by figured, volcanic and fossil marbles, one with an outer border of Siena and bardiglio marble, the other with Sicilian jasper and rosso antico marble, within a gilt-metal edge, the frieze mounted with beaded panels separated by palmettes, on leopard monopodia carved with stylized palmettes, joined by an undertier, each with an inventory number CA/F/153A and CAF/153/B, minor differences to the tops, dimensions and carving, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

31 3/4 in. (80.6 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, the larger





Provenance

Possibly commissioned by Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760-1828), also 9th Earl of Northampton from 1796-1812, for Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.

Thence by descent until sold anonymously; Christie's, London, 15 November 1990, lot 32.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

R. Edwards & P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. 3. p. 317, fig. 37.

M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1949, p. 110, fig. 101.



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