Lot 51
51
A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID AMBOYNA SOFA TABLE with rounded rectangular twin-flap top inlaid with ebonised lines above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers and two simulated frieze drawers to the reverse inlaid with geometric lines and flanked by foliate arabesques, above a square spreading stem and concave-fronted square platform, on hipped splayed quadripartite base with ormolu paw feet and castors, restorations, with pencil inscription to the inside '...and blocks', one lock inscribed 'R', one leg repaired

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A REGENCY EBONY-INLAID AMBOYNA SOFA TABLE with rounded rectangular twin-flap top inlaid with ebonised lines above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers and two simulated frieze drawers to the reverse inlaid with geometric lines and flanked by foliate arabesques, above a square spreading stem and concave-fronted square platform, on hipped splayed quadripartite base with ormolu paw feet and castors, restorations, with pencil inscription to the inside '...and blocks', one lock inscribed 'R', one leg repaired
60in. (152.5cm.) wide; 28½in. (72.5cm.) high; 28in. (71cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The inlay in the early 19th century 'Old French style' relates to that of an amboyna sofa table with brass inlay supplied for Claremont, Surrey about 1816. See: C. Musgrave, Regency Furniture, London, p. 63. A related pedestal and plinth pattern appears on a brass-inlaid table sold in these Rooms, 13 July 1989, lot 187.

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