CIRCA 1840

Details

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAPLE-INLAID WALNUT LIBRARY TABLE
CIRCA 1840
The octagonal top inset with later gilt-tooled green leather writing surface, framed by an inlaid border of trailing flowering foliate scrolls, above a frieze with two drawers, on four spirally-turned legs joined by an X-form stretcher centered by a foliate-capped urn-form finial, on brass castors stamped 'COPE'S PATENT'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 53 ¾ in. (139 cm.) wide; 53 ¾ in. (139 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably supplied to Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood (1797-1857) by George Trollope & Sons during the Charles Barry's refurbishment at Harewood House in the 1840s and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Literature

'Harewood House, Yorkshire The Home of The Lascelles', Country Life, 4 July 1914, p. 24 (illustrated in the Library).
'Harewood House, Yorkshire The Home of The Lascelles', Country Life, 25 February 1922, p. 244, fig. 3 (illustrated in the Library).

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Lot Essay

Sir Charles Barry undertook renovations at Harewood House in the 1840s. This included the transformation of the saloon into a library. Robert Adam's saloon was composed of two semi-circular apses either side of the principal doorway. Barry filled these with bookcases and it is likely that the present table and its pair, were then placed in these apse spaces, further establishing the room's new use as a library. The tables were likely supplied by George Trollope & Sons, who were registered under this name in 1843 and are recorded in West Halkin Street, Belgrave Square, London by 1864. They undertook large-scale refurbishments of residential property, including Harewood House, and supplied furniture to the nobility and wealthy individuals. The firm was one of the most important in the 1860s, on a par with Holland & Sons, exhibiting at several of the International Exhibitions.

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