Lot Essay
A pair of card tables with similar marquetry borders illustrated in 18th century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection by Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington.
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A George III mahogany, crossbanded and marquetry oval Pembroke table
The hinged top crossbanded in tulipwood and satinwood inlaid with engraved composition penwork border of entwined berried foliate stems and feathered fern leaves, containing a crossbanded drawer in the frieze, on square tapering legs headed with oval paterae with trailing bellflowers terminating in brass caps and castors
the top -- 37½in. (95cm.) extended, 30in. (76cm.) deep, 28in. (71cm.) high
The hinged top crossbanded in tulipwood and satinwood inlaid with engraved composition penwork border of entwined berried foliate stems and feathered fern leaves, containing a crossbanded drawer in the frieze, on square tapering legs headed with oval paterae with trailing bellflowers terminating in brass caps and castors
the top -- 37½in. (95cm.) extended, 30in. (76cm.) deep, 28in. (71cm.) high