A GEORGE III FRUITWOOD-INLAID, HAREWOOD AND TULIPWOOD PEMBROKE TABLE, ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1765

A GEORGE III FRUITWOOD-INLAID, HAREWOOD AND TULIPWOOD PEMBROKE TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1765
The rectangular twin-flap top with re-entrant corners and ebonised border, centred by a central inlaid oval and with a border of inlaid anthemions and honeysuckle, with a single drawer to the frieze with alternate false drawer, on tapering square legs inlaid with an urn above trailing foliage, on block feet with castors, the handles replaced
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 36 ¼ in. (93 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep, with flaps

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Provenance
Acquired from Apter-Fredericks Ltd., London, 24 March 2011.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM BELMONT HOUSE, EAST SUSSEX (LOTS 77-90)