A George II Marble Topped Giltwood & Gesso Low Table c.1740 sub-Antiques He was born in Delft

He was born in Delft into a family of artists and trained in The Hague

not just the top and the black painted finish to the legs is worn in some areas as are the table edges though this is of course all desirable

foliate carved and pierced front stretcher and scroll-cut low side stretchers survives from the baroque Spanish period

Louis XVI (reigned 1774–93) organised a jockey club and established rules of racing by royal decree that included requiring certificates of origin for horses and imposing extra weight on foreign horses During the 19th century

A portrait of him was painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1805

A George II Marble Topped Giltwood & Gesso Low Table c.1740 sub-Antiques He was born in DelftOrigin: English Period: George II Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1740 Height: 18. 5 Width: 37. 5 Depth: 22 (at extremities) The very pretty giltwood and gesso low or coffee table, having a superb quality rectangular recessed variegated green marble top above a well carved foliate frieze and shell centered apron standing on four cabriole legs to claw and ball feet, the whole being a later adaption and surviving from the second quarter of eighteenth