A GEORGE III GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1760

A GEORGE III GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE
CIRCA 1760
The later rounded inset siena marble top with gadrooned border and fluted frieze on bold scrolled legs joined by dense floral swags, joined by incurved stretchers and with paw feet, with printed depository label COWLEY & CO., OXFORD, numbered 166 and typed 'LORD Ebury', the backrail inscribed 7691/49 in yellow chalk and with a shipping label for A. & N. AUX. C.S.L.
32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high, 59 in. (150 cm.) wide, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Possibly commissioned by Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet (1710-81), for Moor Park, Hertfordshire, until sold with the mansion.
Probably Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801-93), at Moor Park, Hertfordshire, and thence by descent
Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834-1918), when the table was photographed in 1910 by Country Life in the Dining Room at Moor Park.
Acquired from Partridge, London, 22 March 1999.