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Pair of George III Satinwood, Tulipwood and Marquetry Pier Tables In the manner of Thomas Chippendale circa 1775 Each semi-elliptical crossbanded top with a half-oval sunflower, pendent husks, palmettes and oval panels centered by whorled flowerheads, the frieze centered by an Antique male profile flanked by laurel swags suspended from flowerheads, raised on tapering square legs ending in spade feet. Height 36 1/2 inches (92.7 cm), width 44 1/2 inches (113 cm), depth 19 inches (48.3 cm). The use of marquetry on the present pier tables shares affinities with the work of Thomas Chippendale and his son, Thomas Chippendale Junior. This includes the half-oval sunflower motif at the back of each top, palmettes, anthemia, pendent husks and whorled flowerheads within ovals. The husk swags on the frieze are very similar to a pair of pier tables made by Thomas Chippendale Junior for Denton Hall and now in the collection of The Chippendale Society; see Judith Goodison, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, 2017, p. 389, fig. 225; see also, a pair of commodes with swagged frieze supplied to William Constable for the drawing room of his London house, Mansfield Street, sold, Christie's, London, July 9, 1992, . Interestingly, each frieze of the present tables is centered by an Antique profile portrait. Chippendale's use of these portraits is rarely found but can be seen on a pier table made in 1775 for the Yellow Drawing Room at Harewood House, which also features 'Emblematic Heads' of the Four Elements; see Adam Bowett and James Lomax, Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779: A Celebration of British Craftsmanship and Design, 2018, pp. 134-137, fig. 6.17, and also to the frieze of a pair of card tables at Newby Hall; see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale 1978, vol. II, p. 223, fig. 408. An etching by Thomas Chippendale Junior, Sketches of Ornament, 'Tho' Chippendale JUNr., 1779, features a classical head within a roundel suspended from a bow-tied ribbon flanked by swagged husks and pendants, as is found at the center of each frieze of the present tables; see Goodison, op. cit., p. 38, fig. 15. C Property of a Private Collector, Greenwich, Connecticut