Object Description
A Fine George III Chippendale Mahogany Dumb Waiter, Circa 1760. England.
In the manner of Thomas Chippendale
The graduated and revolving tiers with fluted and beaded mouldings, the vase shaped turned columns on a bead moulded carved tripod base with scrolling feet and brass friction casters. Retaining an excellent colour and original patination.
The design of the leg with its inward scrolling toe on a castor relates in great detail to a drawing by Chippendale preserved at Harewood House, Yorkshire, England.
The friction caster was employed by Thomas Chippendale on a marquetry library table at Harewood, illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, p. 147, fig. 266 and p. 242, fig. 442.