A PAIR OF SATINWOOD AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARD-TABLES

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SATINWOOD AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARD-TABLES
19th Century
Each with a D-shaped hinged top crossbanded in rosewood and with a foliate border, with red baize-lined playing-surface, above a foliate- decorated frieze, on square tapering legs
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 36¼ in. (92 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep, closed (2)

Lot Essay

The form of these tables, with their rounded cross-banded tops, panelled frieze corners and tapering square legs relates to a pattern featured in Gillows Estimate Sketch Book, 1797, (L. Boynton (ed.) Gillow Furniture Design 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 8).

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