The pair – made in the manner of Pierre Langois in the French taste – came to the salerooms via a direct descendent of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and were formerly part of the decorative scheme at Stowe in Buckinghamshire.
£150,000 for a pair of George III card tables
UK: WEST Country auctioneers Lawrence’s of Crewkerne posted a house record on May 6 when they sold this pair of George III marquetry inlaid rosewood and satinwood card tables to a New York dealer for £150,000 (plus 12.75 per cent premium).
