Lot Essay
The maker is possibly Dingley Garratt, recorded at Great Southsea Street, Portsea around 1830 (G. Beard and C. Gilbert, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1986, p. 331).
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE, CIRCA 1790, BY D. GARRATT, the rectangular rounded crossbanded top opening to a baize interior, on square tapering legs and spade feet, bearing the maker's paper label 'D. Garratt Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer, Paper Hanger, Auctioneer, Appraiser & Undertaker, No. 6 Half-Moon Street, Portsea'-- 29 in. high, 36 in. wide, 17½ in. deep