A William IV or early Victorian 'Antiquarian' yew wood centre table of large proportions
1830-1845, possibly after a design by Thomas Willement
The circular segmented radiating veneered top with a twin ebony and boxwood strung border and an ogee moulded edge, on three spiral twist turned columnar supports, the concave tripartite base carved with a gadrooned edge and surmounted to the centre by an egg-and-leaf moulded baluster urn finial, terminating in hipped scrolled acanthus, beaded and foliate carved S-scroll form feet with recessed ceramic castors, approximate diameter of the top: 162cm; approximate height: 73.5cm.
Footnotes:
An early Victorian walnut and ash centre table attributed to Thomas Willement (1786-1871), which is of similar design to the offered lot and has closely comparable spiral twist turned legs, sold The Pedestal, 24 April 2018, Fine Furniture and Objects, lot 199.

Willement is renowned for his furniture, wallpaper, panelling and stained glass designs which were directly influenced by the medieval and English Renaissance periods. Another related table, also attributed to Willement, albeit one of rectangular outline, appears illustrated in Signed and Designed II, the Origin of Ornament, the Country Seat catalogue, p.2.

In this Country Seat catalogue it is noted that this 'Antiquarian' style (or perhaps more accurately movement) arguably found most favour at two specific English country houses during the mid 19th century. These are Charlecote, Warwickshire, where Willement was employed for a time, and Mamhead, in Devon. For more information on the origins of this style one must refer to O. Jones, 'Grammar of Ornament', Elizabethan No. 1, pl. LXXXIII, along with the text written by J.B. Waring which accompanies it.

Another major figure closely associated with 'Antiquarianism', and who worked during the same period of 1830-1850 was Richard Bridgens (1785-1846). Furthermore, a burr elm and elm oval table with a marquetry top, which is defined as being 'in the manner of Bridgens' and has almost identical large scale spiral twist turned legs, sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2008, Fasque: the Scottish Seat of the Gladstones, lot 138.
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