ATTRIBUTED TO BRUCE J. TALBERT, (1838-1881)
ATTRIBUTED TO BRUCE J. TALBERT, (1838-1881)
ATTRIBUTED TO BRUCE J. TALBERT, (1838-1881)
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ATTRIBUTED TO BRUCE J. TALBERT, (1838-1881)

A Center Table, circa 1870

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ATTRIBUTED TO BRUCE J. TALBERT, (1838-1881)
A Center Table, circa 1870
ebonized walnut, inlaid with satinwood and boxwood details
The octagonal top inset with blue baize with gilt border, raised on central quadripartite base and supported by turned columns
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high, 53 3/4 in. (136.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Christopher Hodsoll, London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in July 1996.
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Lot Essay

The design of the dotted quatrefoils on the present lot echo the motifs seen on the central cupboard doors of the 'Pericles Dressoir’ by Talbert now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 2015.281a, b) which was exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 as the centerpiece for the stand of Holland & Sons. The flattened floral-carved capitals on the columns on the present lot can also be seen on the cabinet and in Talbert’s illustration from his 1867 publication (Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 1970.565.223.) Talbert illustrates two related octagonal tables (plates 21 and 28) each supported on four legs connected by arches with similar frieze decoration in Gothic Forms (1867).

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