Victorian Oak Library Table by T. H. Filmer
Third quarter 19th century
The leather-lined octagonal top with three frieze drawers, the tripartite base with downswept legs carved with bearded masks, conjoined with a circular stretcher and continuing to scrolling dolphin-headed feet, on casters; the top of the base with applied trade plaque inscribed 'FROM T.H. FILMER & SONS, CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, BEDDING & CARPET MANUFACTORY, 28, 32 & 34 BERNERS ST. OXFORD ST. LONDON. Height 29 inches (73.7 cm), diameter 55 1/2 inches (141 cm).
Victorian Oak Library Table by T. H. Filmer
Third quarter 19th century
The leather-lined octagonal top with three frieze drawers, the tripartite base with downswept legs carved with bearded masks, conjoined with a circular stretcher and continuing to scrolling dolphin-headed feet, on casters; the top of the base with applied trade plaque inscribed 'FROM T.H. FILMER & SONS, CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, BEDDING & CARPET MANUFACTORY, 28, 32 & 34 BERNERS ST. OXFORD ST. LONDON. Height 29 inches (73.7 cm), diameter 55 1/2 inches (141 cm).
With previous restorations, old marks and scratches, losses and restorations to veneers of top edge, leather panel replaced and now with scuffs and scratches, separations to joints and in need of gluing, old marks and scratches, age cracks and inpainting at tops of legs where joined with downswept sections, separations to tails of conjoined dolphins, one foot with loss to side piece at bottom.
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Auction: English & Continental Furniture / Old Masters/Russian Works of Art, Jan 30, 2019