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English George II card table, circa 1740
Height x width x depth: 73 x 82 x 41 cm
padouk wood with concertina or accordion mechanism for opening by brass knob, finely inlaid externally in brass in geometric patterns and, internally in mother-of-pearl in exotic floral motifs.
This lot is accompanied by a technical report issued by the Ce.S.Ar. Centro Studi Archeometrici and by certificate of wood dating issued by the Scientific Laboratory of the Museo d'Arte e Scienza di Milano.
Literature:
Possibly of Huguenot descent, Channon belonged to a family of cabinet-makers from Essex. He set up his workshop in St Martin’s Lane, London, in 1737 and gained significant recognition during the reign of George II, attracting distinguished clients. Channon is believed to have crafted the ‘Murray’ bureau, housed at Temple Newsam House in Leeds, as well as the ‘Beckford’ bureau-dressing-table—one of a matching pair—now part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
For a similar piece see “John Cannon and Brass Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760” Christopher Gilbert & Tessa Murdoch, p. 46.
Possibly of Huguenot descent, Channon belonged to a family of cabinet-makers from Essex. He set up his workshop in St Martin’s Lane, London, in 1737 and gained significant recognition during the reign of George II, attracting distinguished clients. Channon is believed to have crafted the ‘Murray’ bureau, housed at Temple Newsam House in Leeds, as well as the ‘Beckford’ bureau-dressing-table—one of a matching pair—now part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
For a similar piece see “John Cannon and Brass Inlaid Furniture 1730-1760” Christopher Gilbert & Tessa Murdoch, p. 46.
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