Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - 3rd July 2012

Lot 403

A William IV kingwood library centre table attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £3800

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Description

A William IV kingwood library centre table attributed to Edward Holmes Baldock, with ormolu mounts, the octagonal top with a brass moulded edge with leaf appliques and inset tooled leather, the banded frieze with leaf scroll faux handles to a concave base with rococo style mounts with scrolls and ho-ho birds with four scroll legs and leaf and rocaille caps to sunken brass castors, 28.5in (72cm) h, 32.75in (83cm) w. For a similar table stamped 'EHB' and sold Christie's, 8th November 1929, Lot 51, see Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, p.78, ill. 45.