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Vitrine table 1808-30
Gilt-bronze-mounted brass-inlaid red tortoiseshell | 83 x 69 x 51 cm (whole object) | RCIN 177
Thomas Parker (active 1808-30)
Vitrine table 1808-30
Thomas Parker (active 1808-30)
Vitrine table 1808-30
Thomas Parker (active 1808-30)
Vitrine table 1808-30
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A gilt-bronze-mounted small rectangular vitrine table, veneered overall with brass-inlaid red tortoiseshell, the glazed top with concave sides, foliate gilt bronze corner mounts, the frieze centred on each side with foliate mask, on square tapering legs with concave-sided undertier. Originally to hold a marriage coffer but subsequently adjusted to a display table. An identical stand passed through Christie's salerooms in 1987.
Provenance
Thomas Parker was established at 19 Air Street, Piccadilly from 1808-17 and then at 22 Warwick Street, Golden Square from 1817-27 and finally at 32 Warwick Street until 1830 after which date the firm closed. Thomas Parker specialised in the production of elaborate furniture of brass and tortoiseshell inlay after the style of the French ébéniste André-Charles Boulle. English cabinet makers used this style after the French Revolution then known as 'Buhl'. Parker worked originally for the Prince Regent's sister, Princess Elizabeth, and latterly for the Prince himself. On his trade card he described himself as 'Cabinet & Buhl Manufacturer to HRH the Prince Regent and Royal family'.
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Creator(s)
(cabinet maker)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Gilt-bronze-mounted brass-inlaid red tortoiseshell
Measurements
83 x 69 x 51 cm (whole object)
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
