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Butchoff Antiques
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A Quite Remarkable Historical Centre Table of the Georgian Perid
( England
c. 1830
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Dimensions
76.00cm high
( 29.92 inches high)
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Diameter:
158.00cm
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62.20 inches in diameter)
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Description / Expertise
Of good size, constructed in Burr Elm, with the scalloped top showing very carefully chosen radial feathered veneers, the moulded edge having bellflower carvings, and supported on a gently curved truncated pyramid, the lappeted feet carved in the Regency Grecian manner, with brass castors.
The seated hand carved central figures are Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, George Washington, the First President of the United States, and Napoleon Buonaparte, First Consul of France, all adjacent to their country motifs, the Union Jack, the Stars, and the French Imperial Eagle. The piece was quite evidently a special order, and the curious juxtaposition of France, The United States and England, either allies, in the case of the States and France during the American War of Independence against England, and enemies, as in the case of Wellington and Buonaparte.
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