Lot 394
A Very Fine Regency Rosewood, Brass Cut Work, Inlaid and Gilded Center Table, early 19th Century the tilt top with wide continuous foliate border, the skirt with beaded moldings, oak leaf carved pedestal surrounded by a foliate collar, an incurvate plinth with brass molding, on scrolled inlaid legs with brass rosettes, height 291-2 in., diameter 471-2 in. E10000-15000 Note: The juxtaposition of the well-carved stem and the au courant use of "Boulle" manner brass inlay to adorn a richly figured exotic hardwood veneer in lot 394 is indicative of a high-style London cabinet maker working in the "French" fashion popularized by the Prince Regent (later George IV) and his inner circle of Francophile friends. Notable among these London makers are John McLean (active 1774-1814), Thomas Parker (d. 1830), and Louis Le Gaigneur (active 1814-1821). The fine brass foliate banding on the top of this table is identical to that used on the support of a walnut "Sostnente" grand piano, c. 1818, commissioned for the music room at the Royal Marine Pavilion (Brighton) by I.H.R. Mott, C. Mott & Co., (illus. Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture, p. 42, fig.67). The case for the Royal Pavilion piano may have been made by Thomas Parker in conjunction with the Mott firm, (see J. Harris, et al, Buckingham Palace, p. 133).
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