Lot Details
Lot 391
George III Inlaid Mahogany Harlequin Pembroke Writing Table
Late 18th century
The tulipwood-crossbanded rectangular top with flaps and central oval rising till fitted with dummy drawers, and two hinged doors opening to pigeonholes over two mahogany-lined drawers, on square tapering legs headed by oval paterae and ending in brass casters. Height 29 inches (73.7 cm), raised 35 inches (88.9 cm), width 22 inches (55.9 cm), width extended 42 inches (106.7 cm), depth 28 1/4 inches (71.7 cm).
Provenance:
Arthur S. Vernay, New York.
Acquired from the above on April 25, 1962 by Mrs. Henry Parish II for the decedent's collection.
A table of virtually identical form is illustrated, C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 1978, vol. II, p. 348, fig. 438.
Thomas Sheraton describes a related form of writing table, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, pl. LVI, pp. 417-430, which 'serves not only as a breakfast, but also as a writing table, very suitable for a lady. It is termed a Harlequin Table, for no other reason but because, in exhibitions of that sort, there is generally a great deal of machinery introduced into the scenery.'
C Property from a Park Avenue Estate
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