Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 19 - 21 September 2022

Silver, Furniture and Ceramics
About the Session

including The Property of a Connoisseur Part III and The Property of the Estate Late Tiemen Groen


Sold for

ZAR 73 970
Lot 120
  • A George III mahogany double 'Cumberland' dining table, 1795


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 73 970
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About this Item

A George III mahogany double 'Cumberland' dining table, 1795
the rectangular top with rounded corners, raised on ring-turned columnar gate-leg supports, reeded outswept legs, brass cappings and castors, with two leaf extensions, one leg with minor restorations, 69cm high, 300cm fully extended, 124,5cm wide

Notes

"By tradition the first Cumberland-action dining-table was made for Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and brother of George III. He was a patron of John Linnell in the mid-1770s so it is possible that he was the first recipient of a sophisticated design which is a development of the double gateleg table, adapted so that the legs spread the weight without obstructing people sitting at it."

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Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, Johannesburg, 3 March 1975, lot 156.

Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, 18 & 19 August 2003, lot 53.

Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, 30 August 2004, lot 117.

Stephan Welz & Co, Cape Town, 14 February 2007, lot 822.

Literature

cf. Edwards, R. (1987) The Dictionary of English Furniture Vol. III, Revised Edition by Ralph Edwards, Antique Collector's Ltd, Woodbridge, Suffolk, reprinted 1990, Spring Books, p. 222, fig. 31.

Stevens, C.C. & Whittington, S. (1983) 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, p. 274, where a similar example is illustrated.



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