Lot 91
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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED ROSEWOOD TRICOTEUSE WORK-TABLE
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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED ROSEWOOD TRICOTEUSE WORK-TABLE

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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED ROSEWOOD TRICOTEUSE WORK-TABLE
The rectangular top with demi-lune ends and solid gallery above a pleated silk work-basket, on trellis filled end-supports joined by turned stretchers, on cabriole legs, minor restorations
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) wide; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The Louis Seize fashioned tray-topped table relates to a 'Lady's Work Table' pattern in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, pl. 54. A related table, with trellis-fretted trestles, was sold by order of the Executors of Mrs Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, Kent, Christie's house sale, 6-9 June 1983, lot 427.

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