From the collections of the Sackvilles of Knole Park
Attributed to Royal cabinet-maker John Cobb
England, circa 1780
An exceptional George III satinwood and marquetry neo-classical serpentine side table in the French taste, the top crossbanded with tulipwood and inlaid to the centre with a large ribbon tied bouquet of flowers within an oval panel with broad rosewood border inlaid with interlaced roundels and floral motifs. The shaped frieze with central urn at the front flanked by paterae and with sunflowers at the sides, all draped with swags of husks, raised on particularly elegant tapering cabriole legs crossbanded with rosewood and ending in ormolu sabots.
