A George III giltwood demi-lune console table designed by Robert Adam and made by William France and John Bradburn,
An exceptionally rare and highly important mid 18th century Chippendale period carved giltwood demi-lune console table designed by Robert Adam and made by William France and John Bradburn, having a later ‘verde antico’ marble top above a stiff leaf carved frieze with Vitruvian scroll border below and hung with half rosettes and pendent husk garlands; on inwards cabriole anthemion carved legs with rams’ heads and hairy paw feet joined by a flower carved blocked stretcher with Vitruvian scroll decoration and terminating in a shaped plinth base with guilloche and flower head convex moulded edge.
Note: This magnificent table, together with a companion table with slightly different frieze decoration, was commissioned by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1765 for No. 19 Arlington Street. One of the wealthiest and most influential people of his time, Sir Lawrence instructed Robert Adam for Arlington Street and many of his other homes. The design for this table is preserved in Sir John Soane’s Museum in London. The bill by France and Bradburn dated 12 January 1765 states: ‘For a Circular Frame, for a Marble Table, richly carv’d with ramsheads at top, & Husks falling down the 3 Shaped Legs & gilt in burnished gold and putting up the above L. 37 s.10 d.0.’