ATTRIBUTED  "  ALEXANDER PETER  & THOMAS CHIPPENDALE  DUMFRIES HOUSE "

 

 

 Extremely Rare pair of English- Scottish George 11 Mahogany Tripod Sidetables having the most superb untouched natural colour and patination .

 

 

Michaels personal view and slip of veneer " untouched colour is paramount in assessing the beauty of English- Scottish  Eighteenth Century Georgian Furniture .

 

 

The tables are of a distinct design for use as sidetables - consoles , and have a tipping mechanism allowing the two tables to be used side by side as a supper table .

 

 

    English- Scottish tables of this type are normally circular in shape, making this rectangular model a particularly rarity .     

    Note :-       " In all our many years of antique furniture dealing , this is the very first pair of early tripod table we have encountered "

 

   Provenance........DUNROBIN CASTLE in SUTHERLAND is one of the most celebrated and largest Scottish ancestral houses. Expanded during the reign of Queen Victoria - there are 189 rooms - it was used by the Sutherland family for entertaining during the Scottish season . Queen Victoria herself  was a visitor and would have marvelled at the historic treasures held within .

 

Home to the Earls of Sutherland and later the Dukes of Sutherland . Lord Strathnaver quote " proud of his family home of over seven hundred years "

 

 

Dimensions      Width 86 cm     Depth 60 cm     Height  73 cms 

                         33 1/2 inches     23 1/2 inches    28 1/2 inches

 

REF   5863

 

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