A pair of George II giltwood side tables, second quarter...
the moulded pink and white marble tops above a frieze border of acanthus leaves on a punched ground, the cabriole legs terminating in leaf-carved pad feet, re-gilt
76.5cm high, 179cm wide, 76.5cm deep; 2ft. 6in., 5ft. 10 ½in., 2ft. 6in.
Condition Report:
The giltwood surface with some flaking, chips and losses, notably to the back-left side of one example. The tops with scratches, wear and nibbles to the edges throughout, as well as a small number of minor localised restorations.
Provenance:
George, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, from his mother Elizabeth, Countess of Dalhousie (d.1807) niece and heir of James Glen, of Longcroft, Co. Linlithgow, Gorvernor of Carolina;
Sotheby's, Colstoun, 21st and 22nd May 1990, lot 174.
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the moulded pink and white marble tops above a frieze border of acanthus leaves on a punched ground, the cabriole legs terminating in leaf-carved pad feet, re-gilt
76.5cm high, 179cm wide, 76.5cm deep; 2ft. 6in., 5ft. 10 ½in., 2ft. 6in.
Condition Report:
The giltwood surface with some flaking, chips and losses, notably to the back-left side of one example. The tops with scratches, wear and nibbles to the edges throughout, as well as a small number of minor localised restorations.
Provenance:
George, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, from his mother Elizabeth, Countess of Dalhousie (d.1807) niece and heir of James Glen, of Longcroft, Co. Linlithgow, Gorvernor of Carolina;
Sotheby's, Colstoun, 21st and 22nd May 1990, lot 174.