A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Note: This breakfast table can be likened to those produced at the St. Martin’s Lane workshop of Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779). The table shares similarities with his model for a smaller tripod tea table, also typically with segmented hexagonal tops on slender baluster shaped pedestals, profiled legs and scrolled feet. This smaller model is described by Christopher Gilbert as one of Chippendale’s ‘most popular occasional table design types’ and can be seen in several variants (see Gilbert, C., The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, Vol 1, pp. 256-257). Chippendale supplied tables of this type to some of his most relevant patrons, including Sir Lawrence Dundas at 19 Arlington Street, London, where he supplied one table; Edward Lascelles at Harewood House, where three were supplied, and also one to Ninian Home at Paxton House (see Sotheby’s London, Treasures, 9 July 2014, lot 46). This table exceeds these other types in both scale and rarity whilst maintaining the significant details of quality.