W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this Mahogany Architects Writing Table to the 18th Century.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
A George II Period Mahogany Architect’s Table, the hinged adjustable easel top with a removable book rest, above a pull-out frieze drawer raised on split section front legs fitted with a red leather slide with a central slope, opening to reveal a compartmented interior, with swing-out candle stands to the sides, the square section legs with inner turned columns and terminating in brass castors 93cm wide, 79cm high, 58cm deep [closed]
Circa 1750 Price :£ 6,000.
Height: 31”,(79cm), Width: 36½”,(93cm), Depth: 22¾”,(58cm).
NB: In contemporary literature, these are often referred to as architect's tables, artist’s tables and reading tables, and it is often difficult to know exactly what they were used for, but we think they were most likely a gentleman's library piece rather than professional architect’s tables.
In an oil painting is of the Reverend Edward Foyle by Arthur Devis.
It shows that these tables were almost certainly not made for working architects but as reading/writing tables for clients who were wealthy enough to own a library
Literature:
Ince, W. and Mayhew, J. (1960). The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762. London, UK: Alec Tiranti. pp 4, Plate XXIV.
Macquoid, P. and Edwards, R. (1983). The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period, Volume III. Suffolk, UK: Baron Publishing. pp 185-187.
W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this Mahogany Architects Writing Table to the 18th Century.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
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George II Period Mahogany Architect's Table
