Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating - 17th April 2024
Lot 522
A RARE GREEN PAINTED FAUX MARBLE DRAW-LEAF DINING TABLE
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3780
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Description
A RARE GREEN PAINTED FAUX MARBLE DRAW-LEAF DINING TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN FOWLER, C.1950-60
the extending top on a turned baluster stem and circular foot
73.5cm high, 81.2cm square, 142.5cm extended
Provenance
Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.
By repute this table was made by John Fowler for Nancy Lancaster and may have graced the Yellow Room at 39 Brook Street.
Catalogue Note
See the famous Yellow Room at 39 Brook Street, Nancy Lancaster's apartment above and behind the Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler shop. Anthony Denney's photograph shows a similar example at the end of the room. See House & Garden article by Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, December 1960. See also Martin Wood, Nancy Lancaster-English Country House Style, p.171 for a very similar table in the dining room at Nancy Lancaster's Coach House, Haseley Court, Oxfordshire.
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