Lot 6
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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT CARD-TABLE
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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT CARD-TABLE

CIRCA 1700

Details
A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT CARD-TABLE
CIRCA 1700
The demi-lune hinged top double-feather-banded on the top enclosing a velvet-lined playing-surface, above a fitted well with a drawer, above a waved apron, on octagonal baluster legs joined by a waved stretcher, on turned feet, two feet replaced, lacking a further interior drawer
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 32¾ in. (83.5) wide; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) deep, closed
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A. (d. 1938); Christie's, London, 10-12 May 1939, lot 199 (336 gns. to R. W. Symonds, Esq.).
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Additional Literature for this lot:
Frank Lumb: An Appreciation from his many friends, Bradford & London, 1993, no. 8, p. 24.

Additional Provenance for this lot:
Bought from Charles Lumb & Sons, Ltd. Harrogate.

Lot Essay

The collection formed by Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A (d. 1938). under the wise counsel of R. W. Symonds is considered to be arguably the greatest collection of English Furniture formed in the last century. Indeed, it was Griffiths' collection that provided the content for Symonds' seminal work English Furniture from Charles II to George II, 1929. The interiors at Sandridgebury are happily recalled in 'Sandridgebury: The Country Residence of Percival D. Griffiths', published by Symonds in Antiques, March 1931 pp. 193-196. Symonds later published 'Percival Griffiths, F.S.A.; A Memoir on a Great Collector of English Furniture', The Antique Collector, November-December 1943, pp. 163-169.

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