Chippendale tilt-top table at £5400 proves to be the basic attraction
BUYERS may have been thin on the ground for the more routine furniture in this 712-lot Crow's, Dorking (10% buyer's premium) sale on February 25, but the four telephone lines booked for a Georgian Chippendale rectangular tilt-top occasional table ensured this would be a hotly contested entry.
Its top, with serpentine corners, was badly split, but its value lay in the skilfully executed base …