AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY UNIVERSAL TABLE
AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON, POSSIBLY BY GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with two pull-out leaves below, above two true and two false drawers, on turned and reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 35 in. (90.5 cm.) wide, closed; 66.1/2 in. (169 cm.) wide, extended; 40 in. (101.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This table closely follows Thomas Sheraton's design for 'A Universal Table'. In The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, the multi-purpose function of this table is explained: 'The use of this piece is both to answer the purpose of a breakfast table and dining-table. When both the leaves are slipped under the bed it will then serve as a breakfast table; when one leaf is out ... it will accomodate five persons as a dining table; and if both are out, it will admit of eight.'

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