A large George III satinwood, mahogany, tulipwood and harewood marquetry line inlaid pembroke table attributed to Henry Kettle The rectangular top with hinged leaves centred by a large fan medallion, on square section tapering legs, spade feet and castors, 100cm wide extended, 96cm deep, 70.5cm high The design of this pembroke and the drawing of the panels to the hinged leaves relate to a labelled Kettle pembroke at Saltram House, Devon. The use of an over-sized marquetry fan appears on a labelled Kettle serpentine chest formerly with the Pelham Galleries, both pieces are illustrated in C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1998, p.289, nos. 543 & 544. Henry Kettle, the St Paul's Churchyard cabinet maker, upholder and undertaker (c.1773-97) was originally in partnership with William Henshaw from around 1770 and whom had been established at St Pauls Churchyard since at least 1754. Kettle took over the business of the cabinetmaker Philip Bell at 23 St Pauls Churchyard and in 1796-97 Kettle entered into a short lived partnership with the cabinetmaker George Oakley.