Details
The geometrically-veneered top above a blind Gothic fretwork frieze, on square chamfered channelled legsheaded by lappets
3414 in. (87 cm.) high; 6612 in. (169 cm.) wide; 3112 in. (80 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 2000, lot 172, where acquired.
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Lot Essay

The distinctive lozenge parquetry design of the top of this serving-table is characteristic of the work of Henry Hill of Marlborough (1741-1777). Hill was patronized by many significant West Country clients, including the Duke of Somerset at Maiden Bradley, the Earl of Radnor at Longford Castle and Lord Methuen at Corsham Court, Wiltshire. Among the furniture supplied by Hill to Lord Methuen in the 1760s and 1770s are two mahogany Pembroke tables whose tops display the same large-scale lozenge parquetry found on this table-top (L. Wood, Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, pp. 67-68). The furniture collection at neighbouring Littlecote also includes a supper table and a card table by Hill, both displaying the same characteristic parquetry (ibid., p. 69). Lucy Wood identifies the lozenge parquetry design to be a speciality of Hill's.

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