A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE TABLES

A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE TABLES

C.1740

each with a white and grey veined marble top with a moulded edge, above a plain frieze on hocked cabriole legs and hoof feet (2)

78.5cm high, 113cm wide, 61cm deep

Provenance

Probably commissioned by William Thomas Putt (1725-97) for Combe House, Gittisham, Devon and by descent.

See Country Life, 16th June 1955, 'Combe, Devon-II The Home of Mr. Richard Marker' by Christopher Hussey, for a photograph of the Dining Room (now Morning Room) with one of the tables in-situ.

Catalogue Note

William Thomas Putt (1725-97) was an 18th century clergyman and squire of the Combe Estate, he obtained a BCL in 1751.