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One corner of the tabletop with original gilding revealed during restoration
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The table in situ at Adlington Hall, Cheshire, in 1952
THE ADLINGTON HALL GESSO TABLE, English, circa 1720
Height: 30½ in; 77.5 cm
Width: 38½ in; 97.5 cm
Depth: 20½ in; 52 cm
Width: 38½ in; 97.5 cm
Depth: 20½ in; 52 cm
4493851
£100,000 +
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A George I gesso table.
Note: The table retains most of the original gilding.
A George I gesso table.
Note: The table retains most of the original gilding.
Provenance
Probably commissioned by John Legh for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, England;
by descent to Baroness Patricia Rawlings, Adlington Hall, Cheshire, England.
Literature
Illustrated:
‘Adlington Hall’, Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1961.
