The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
A George III mahogany spider-leg table by Thomas Chippendale, 1768
Auction Closed
March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A George III mahogany spider-leg table by Thomas Chippendale
1768
the rectangular drop-leaf top with gateleg action, on a shaped mahogany frieze to each short side, on eight slender columnar form turned legs and stretchers ending in pad feet
70.5cm. high, 76cm. wide, 33cm. deep (closed), 81.5cm. deep (extended)
Inventory, 1885, p. 66, in the 'Chintz Room';
Inventory, 1926, p. 27, in the 'Service Room';
Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Vol. II, London, 1978, p. 224, fig. 410.
Employing superb timber, this 'neat' mahogany table is a wonderful example of Chippendale's utilitarian furniture which, through the sheer quality of materials and execution, is at once simple and distinguished. Chippendale supplied this, 'a neat Mahogany 8 leg Table of fine wood', on 9 June 1768 at a cost of £2 2s 0d and a further pair of '2 neat Mahogany Spider leg Tables of good wood', probably similar in form to those at Dumfries House from 1760 although not necessarily by Chippendale.
For a related example to the present lot, see the spider-leg table sold Christie's London, 31 October 2012, lot 79 (£13,750 with premium).