A pair of George III style carved gilt wood tables / torchere stands In the manner of Thomas Johnson in the rococo taste, the rectangular tops with lobed edges on pierced leafy bough supports with perching ho-ho birds; on rockwork bases and tripod acanthus carved cabriole legs and scroll feet, each 32cm wide, 25cm deep, 83cm high. (2) Based on an original 18th century example, illustrated in 18th century English Furniture. The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1994, pp. 312-313 and exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1962. This design relates to a pattern published in Thomas Johnson's Collection of Designs, 1758 (pl. 19) which in turn is derived from M. Lock & H. Copland's Chinoiserie design in their New Book of Ornaments, 1752, pl. 2.