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A GEORGE III SYCAMORE, AMARANTH AND FLORAL MARQUETRY TAMBOUR-TOP WRITING-TABLE CIRCA 1790, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHEARER With a green leather-lined writing-surface and three small mahogany-lined drawers with axe-head handles, above two frieze drawers decorated with flower sprays on square tapering legs with brass castors, with batten-carrying holes 36 ? in. (93 cm.) high; 36 ? in. (92 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep
The writing-table most closely corresponds to a design by Thomas Shearer illustrated in The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, first issued in 1788, pl.13, fig.2, and frequently embellished with floral and neo-classical engraved marquetry. A related writing-table is illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, London, 1978, vol II, no 430, another attributed to the London cabinet-makers Mayhew & Ince was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 14 November 2013, lot 79 (£60,000 incl' premium).