A GEORGE II WALNUT CONCERTINA ACTION CARD TABLE

A GEORGE II WALNUT CONCERTINA ACTION CARD TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF BENJAMIN CROOK, C.1735

the quarter veneered cross and feather banded fold-over top revealing a baize lined playing surface, with counterwells and candlestands, on shell and lambrequin capped cabriole legs and claw and ball feet

72cm high, 82cm wide, 40.6cm deep

Provenance

Purchased from Dreweatt, Watson & Barton, Newbury, 30th March 1966, lot 227 for £600.

From the collection of the late Dr. Gordon Pack.

Catalogue Note

The design of this table relates to similar examples made by Benjamin Crook, joiner and cabinet-maker of St. Paul's Churchyard. See Christopher Gilbert, 'Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840', p.169, fig. 265 for a table by Crook with a label in the drawer.

For two similar examples sold in these rooms see, Furniture & Works of Art, 7th October 2014, lot 132 and Furniture & Works of Art, 6th April 2016, lot 66.