Drawing by John Linnell, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A PAIR OF GEORGE III TABLES EN SUITE WITH MIRRORS, English, circa 1775
Height: 39 in; 99 cm
Width: 41 in; 104 cm
Depth: 23 in; 58 cm
The mirrors:
Height: 69 in; 175 cm
Width: 29 in; 74 cm
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A pair of George III giltwood console tables en suite with a pair of giltwood oval mirrors, designed by William Chambers and attributed to John Linnell.
Note: The mirrors retain virtually all the original gesso preparation with refreshed gilding. The mirror plates are 19th century replacements. The tables retain most of the original gesso preparation with refreshed gilding and the original marble tops.
A drawing by Chambers for a table with very similar features is preserved in Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, England. A related drawing by Linnell is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Two photographs preserved in the Hotspur Archive from the 1950s show the mirrors in Johannesburg, South Africa, presumably in a sale room.
Provenance
Private collection, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Hotspur Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, Switzerland.
Exhibitions
Photographed:
Sherlock Holmes Photographic, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1950s.
Literature
Helena Hayward and Pat Kirkham, William and John Linnell, Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, vol. II, 1980, figs. 194 & 287.
John Harris and Michael Snodin, Sir William Chambers, Architect to George III, 1996, pp. 142 & 166, illus. 249.
