ϒ A William IV figured walnut, ebony, and specimen marquetry centre table, in the manner of Edward Holmes Baldock, circa 1835, the circular top with radiating figured veneers, centred by marquetry flowers, the macassar ebony banding decorated throughout with scrolling branches interspersed by flowers, the tapering triangular stem and downswept scrolling legs terminating in scroll feet and concealed casters, 73cm high, the top 99cm diameter Provenance: Moigne Combe Estate, Dorchester A very similar table attributed to Baldock exists in the collection of Ickworth House, Suffolk. (NT 850055).The form of the base of this table relates to tables supplied by Edward Holmes Baldock, one of which was produced for The Duke of Buccleuch in 1840, and was sold by The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, removed from Dalkeith Palace, Christie's, London, 1 April 1971, lot 43. It is now at Temple Newsam House, Leeds (C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, vol. II, London, 1978, no. 395).The marquetry decoration featured on this table is executed in the Dutch fashion first adopted in the 1820's by the Tottenham Court Road 'Cabinet inlayer and Buhl manufacturer' Robert Blake. The firm, which had been trading in the early 1840's as Blake, Geo. & Brothers, inlayers, etc' in Tottenham Court Road and Mount Street, Mayfair were renamed George Blake & Co. in the late 1840's (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.18; and M.P. Levy, Furniture History Society Newsletter, no. 158, May 2005). A marquetry desk at Goodwood House displaying similar floral marquetry, labelled 'Messrs Blake's' [sic] features similar floral marquetry (see M. Levy, 'E.H.Baldock and the Blake Family: Further Evidence', Furniture History, Newsletter No. 158, May 2005, p.1).A related marquetry centre table was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 23 November 2006, lot 123 (£28,000). A further related example was sold Christie's London, Important English Furniture, 7th June 2007, Lot 157 (£27,600). ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.