Lot Essay
Percival D. Griffiths (d. 1938) formed one of the greatest collections of English Furniture in the last century, a benchmark for connoisseurs today.
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PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR (LOT 728)
The following lots were descended from George Widener (1861-1912), who perished in the Titanic with his older son Harry. Widener was heir to the fortune amassed by his father P. A. B. Widener, who assembled one of the most important Gilded Age collections of Old Master paintings and decorative arts in his palatial mansion, Lynnewood Hall, outside of Philadelphia. Over 2,000 pieces from his collection were donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1940. George's younger son, George D. Widener, was also a significant collector, and bequeathed numerous magnificent objects to the Philadelphia Museum of Art including the spectacular mahogany commode by Thomas Chippendale from Raynham Park, Norfolk (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. I, p. 289).
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY DOUBLE-GATE LEG TEA TABLE
CIRCA 1755
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY DOUBLE-GATE LEG TEA TABLE
CIRCA 1755
The sabicu-banded foldover top with rosette-carved edge and polished interior, on palmette and husk-carved legs, with a secret drawer behind one gate-leg, with red museum accession number 63-1928-2
29¾ in. (79.5 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1755
The sabicu-banded foldover top with rosette-carved edge and polished interior, on palmette and husk-carved legs, with a secret drawer behind one gate-leg, with red museum accession number 63-1928-2
29¾ in. (79.5 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide, 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, Esq., Sandridgebury, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Acquired by an American museum in 1928, according to red accession number.
George D. Widener and by descent.
George D. Widener and by descent.
Literature
H. Cescinski, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, n.d. [1909], vol. II, p. 363, fig. 395.
H. A. Tipping, English Furniture of the Cabriole Period, London, 1922, pl. XXIII.
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1927, vol. III, p. 194, fig 31 (Percival Griffiths).
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 523, fig. 22 (Percival Griffiths).
R. Edwards , ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. III, p. 200, fig. 30 (Percival Griffiths).
H. A. Tipping, English Furniture of the Cabriole Period, London, 1922, pl. XXIII.
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1927, vol. III, p. 194, fig 31 (Percival Griffiths).
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 523, fig. 22 (Percival Griffiths).
R. Edwards , ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. III, p. 200, fig. 30 (Percival Griffiths).
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