A Scottish early George III mahogany writing table, the moulded kidney-shaped top with moulded three-quarter gallery, on pierced and moulded shaped trestle-end supports and c-scroll and acanthus-carved splayed bar feet with moulded pointed trifid feet, joined by scrolled iron stretchers, 47in. (119.5cm) wide, 24in. (61cm) deep, 30½in. (77cm) high overall

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A Scottish early George III mahogany writing table, the moulded kidney-shaped top with moulded three-quarter gallery, on pierced and moulded shaped trestle-end supports and c-scroll and acanthus-carved splayed bar feet with moulded pointed trifid feet, joined by scrolled iron stretchers, 47in. (119.5cm) wide, 24in. (61cm) deep, 30½in. (77cm) high overall

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The tables 'kidney-shaped' or 'horseshoe' form invented in the 18th Century, corresponds to that of a dressing-table manufactured in 1772 by Thomas Chippendale (see C. Gilbert, Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978 fig 427) and a trestle-ended table of this form featured in Messrs. C. & R. Light's Cabinet Furniture, 1881

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