CIRCA 1820

Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BOXWOOD SWIVEL-ACTION CARD TABLES
CIRCA 1820
Inlaid overall with stylised foliate spandrels, each with a folding rectangular top with green baize playing-surface above a well, on an U-shaped support with four square tapering scrolled legs and brass castors, the bearers on one table immediately beneath the top replaced
19½ in. (75 cm.) high; 36 in. (92 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep, closed (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1999, lot 115.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sofa table en suite with these card-tables was sold anonymously at Sotheby's London, 13 November 1998, lot 318. Pairs of card-tables, sofa tables and work-tables were often commissioned as a suite during the Regency period.

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