AN EARLY VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL BURR-WALNUT, SYCAMORE, HOLLY, BOXWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY OCTAGONAL CENTRE TABLE
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Classic
Vendu
25200GBP £ 25 200 
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S | 
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| Lieu de l'événement | Royaume-Uni, London | 
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ID 960887 
Lot 121  | AN EARLY VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL BURR-WALNUT, SYCAMORE, HOLLY, BOXWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY OCTAGONAL CENTRE TABLE
Valeur estimée
£ 25 000 – 40 000 
BY CRACE & CO., CIRCA 1855, AFTER THE DESIGNS OF A.W.N. PUGIN
The crossbanded and line-inlaid top with foliate marquetry border on canted legs and shaped supports with foliate brackets joined by chamfered peripheral stretchers and a central x-shaped stretcher, the rosette-carved shaped feet on recessed brass 'patent' castors
29 1/4 in. (74.5 cm.) high; 63 1/4 in. (160.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Knyfton family, Uphill Manor, Weston-Super-Mare, from the Drawing Room built in 1855, commissioned as a wedding present by Thomas Tutton Knyfton for his second wife, Georgina Colston, and by descent.
The Estate of Miss Edith Marjorie Graves-Knyfton, Uphill Manor, Weston-super-Mare; Greenslade Hunt Fine Art Auctioneers house sale, 10-11 December 1992, lot 758.
Acquired from Jonathan Harris, London.
Literature
M. Aldrich, ‘Marquetry in the Medieval Court: The Octagonal Tables of Pugin and Crace’, The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 - the Present, 2001, pp. 55-56 & 58.
D. Breuer et. al., Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, London, 2003, pp. 237, 309, cat. no. 183.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
A. Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family: Catalogues of the Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1985, p. 262, cat. nos. 779-81.
J. Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors: From the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau, London, 1987, p. 91, fig. 90.
A. Wedgwood, ‘J.G. Crace and A.W.N. Pugin’, ed. M. Aldrich, The Craces: Royal Decorators 1768-1899, Brighton, 1990, pp. 137-145.
C. Wainwright, ‘Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire-II: The Seat of Mr. James Hervey-Bathurst’, Country Life, 20 May 1993, pp. 90-93.
J. Musson, ‘Knebworth House, Hertfordshire: The Home of the Hon. Henry and Mrs. Lytton Cobbold’, Country Life, 24 April 2003, pp. 104-107.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 87.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters, 2003, no. 183.
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| Artiste: | Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) | 
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| Technique appliquée: | Marqueterie | 
| Matériel: | Broussin, Bois naturel, Noyer | 
| Style artistique: | Neogotika | 
| Époque historique: | Période victorienne | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Tables | 
| Artiste: | Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) | 
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| Technique appliquée: | Marqueterie | 
| Matériel: | Broussin, Bois naturel, Noyer | 
| Style artistique: | Neogotika | 
| Époque historique: | Période victorienne | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Tables | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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