CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD-BANDED MAHOGANY CARD TABLES
CIRCA 1810
Each with a D-form hinged swivelling top opening to a green gilt-tooled leather playing surface, above a reeded frieze, on incurved supports joined by a rectangular base centered by a patera, over reeded cabriole legs ending in caps and casters
29 in. (74 cm.) high, 38 in. (97 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

Design elements of these tables relate to the work of Scottish cabinet-maker William Trotter. A pair of 'eliptic card tables' in rosewood with similarly reeded friezes was supplied by Trotter for Paxton House, Berwickshire in 1814 (F. Bamford, 'A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers 1600-1840', Furniture History, 1983, pl. 61), while a rosewood display stand, also for Paxton, exhibits a similar profile with its four incurved supports beneath an elliptical top (pl. 58).

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