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17523

An Exhibition-Quality Burr Walnut and Marquetry Centre Table

An Exhibition-Quality Burr Walnut and Marquetry Centre Table

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17523

An Exhibition-Quality Burr Walnut and Marquetry Centre Table
Designed by Richard Bridgens (1785-1846)

The circular top characterised by a central quarter-veneered field of beautifully figured burr walnut, surrounded by a wide shaped border of floral marquetry of specimen woods, dyed and heightened with scorched edges, interspersed with butterflies, all on a dark stained background demarcated with tulipwood crossbanding and boxwood stringing; the moulded edge of a deep Goncalo alves. The triform base similarly veneered with scrolled feet, hidden castors, and floral marquetry.
English, circa 1840

This table is of a type designed by Richard Bridgens in his Furniture with Candelabra of 1838, plate 16 where it is titled 'Marqueterie Centre Table' [sic]. Only a handful of the top English cabinetmakers were able to produce such tables, with documented examples by firms such as Gillows, Morant, and Robert Blake.

Payne Christopher. European Furniture of the 19th Century. New ed. Antique Collectors' Club 2013, p. 292, illustrating a related table.

REF No. 9802

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