11658 – AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE TABLE, THE TOP INLAID WITH FINELY WORKED AND POLISHED EQUINE TEETH, RAISED ON A MAHOGANY BASE

11658 AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE TABLE, THE TOP INLAID WITH FINELY WORKED AND POLISHED EQUINE TEETH, RAISED ON A WELL DRAWN REGENCY MAHOGANY BASE English. First Quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Measurements: Height: 28 3/4″ (73 cm); Width: 24 1/2″ (62 cm); Depth: 20 1/2″ (52 cm).



Research:
Of mahogany, boxwood, ebony, brass inlay, and equine teeth. The rectangular top with chamfered corners inlaid with equine teeth and infill of geometric pattern, within a conforming brass Greek key border. The plain frieze with carved leaf decoration at the four corners. The whole raised on a turned baluster stem with lotus leaf carving resting on a gadrooned collar, the quatreform plinth raised on four downswept feet each applied with carved leaf decoration to the top and terminating in a brass leonine capped foot on castors. Minor restorations. 

Provenance:
An old Barcelona Collection

The present table belongs to the exceptionally rare practice in England of using equine teeth in furniture and architectural decoration.

Full research report available on request.


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