GEORGE I WALNUT GAMES TABLE £12,500

A GEORGE I WALNUT AND BURR-WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE IN THE MANNER OF BENJAMIN CROOK, CIRCA 1720.

Hinged quarter-panel burr-walnut veneered top with baized internal surface on cabriole legs carved with rosettes, scrolls, shells and flower swags and with claw and ball feet.

Benjamin Crook of St. Paul's Church Yard is recorded from 1732 until 1748 when, following his retirement, he advertised an auction of his stock-in-trade. The long list of goods to be sold included a wide range of 'Cabinet Work in Mahogany and Walnut Tree', chairs, tables, mirrors, tea-boards and tea-caddies. His son, also called Benjamin, continued the business at the same address until 1771.
The four labelled pieces recorded with his distinctive circular label are all of excellent quality. They include this card-table (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, pp. 24, 167-169 and figs. 262-266).

Length 78cm

Depth 38cm

Height 76cm