A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES TO A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Date	1755
Period	George II
Origin	Englsih
Medium	Giltwood
Dimensions	96 x 154 x 76.5 cm (37³/₄ x 60⁵/₈ x 30¹/₈ inches)
Gallery	Ronald Phillips Ltd

Description
Technical

The design for the tables is inspired by plate XXXVIII of the first edition and plate LIX of the third edition of Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker’s Director. This Gothic chinoiserie design was adapted by many craftsmen of the time and its popularity spread as far as the United States of America.
A similar single marble topped table, based on the same design, was with Phillips of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, in the 1920s, and another is illustrated in English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century by Herbert Cescinsky. The design was also used for the stand of a cabinet at Shardloes in Buckinghamshire, England, illustrated in Country Life in 1913.
Note: The Skyros marble tops are of later date. The tables have restorations to the back legs.

Date: 1755
Period: George II
Origin: Englsih
Medium: Giltwood
Dimensions: 96 x 154 x 76.5 cm (37³/₄ x 60⁵/₈ x 30¹/₈ inches)
Literature: Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director, 1st edition, 1754, pl. XXXVIII.
Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, vol. II, 1910, p. 285, fig. 317.
Connoisseur, March 1970, p. 17; T. Crowther & Son, advertisement.
Country Life, 2 June 1988, p. 120;
Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers, advertisement.
Phillips of Hitchin archive, image no. 04277.
Categories: Furniture