Drawing by Matthias Lock, Six Tables, 1746, pl. 5
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, English, circa 1755
Width: 6 ft 2 ¼ in; 189 cm
Depth: 2 ft 9 in; 84 cm
Further images
The drawing for this most important and imposing table was first published by Matthias Lock in 1746. The unusual jasper top is original.
A very similar table with slight differences in the carved apron, also retaining the original jasper veneered top, was exhibited by Asprey & Co. at the Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, London, in 1993. Both tables are very likely to be from the same workshop.
Literature
Matthias Lock, Six Tables, 1746, pl. 5.
Elizabeth White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, 1990, p. 266, pl. 5.
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair handbook, 1993, p. 63, advertisement by Asprey & Co., London.
Illustrated:
The table in situ in the Drawing Room at Wootton Lodge, Staffordshire, 1959. Country Life Picture Archive.
