Lot Essay
The tables are reputed to have come from the collections at Croome Court, Worcestershire, now a National Trust property. The 'M' label affixed to the underside of the tables is most probably that of Lady Maria Emma Catherine Coventry (d. 1912). Croome Court is one of Britain's great country houses, built and furnished by the 6th Earl of Coventry (d. 1809), who engaged Robert Adam to complete the interiors in the 1760s. The furnishings were supplied by almost every leading cabinet-maker of the time.