CIRCA 1790-1795

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A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD AND SATINWOOD CROSS-BANDED 'UNIVERSAL' DRAW-LEAF TABLE
CIRCA 1790-1795
The rectangular top with two pull out leaves, on square tapering legs, the underside with a paper label indistinctly inscribed
29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 67¾ in. (172 cm.) wide (fully extended); 38 in. (96.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

In 1790, this useful form of extending dining or breakfast table, fitted with sliding leaves beneath the top, was designated a 'Universal' table in Messrs Gillow of London and Lancaster's Sketch Book (No.572); and was given the same name in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterers Drawing Book London, 1793.

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