A REGENCY ORMULU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD METAMORPHIC WORK AND GAMES-TABLE

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A REGENCY ORMULU-MOUNTED BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD METAMORPHIC WORK AND GAMES-TABLE
With square hinged ratcheted sliding reading-slope above a well with a leather-lined backgammon board, flanked on either side by pierced three-quarter brass galleried counter-rests containing drawers, the central section with further slide concealing a chessboard and with further silk-lined work-box below, on shaped end-supports headed by acanthus leaves, joined by a turned baluster stretcher, on splayed legs, paw feet and castors, the silk lining later
31.in. (79 cm.) high; 28¼ in. (72 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (43 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

An almost identical games-table, but with demi-lune hinged wells was sold in these Rooms, 12 February 1998, lot 188. A related table is illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, 1949, p. 118, fig. 119.

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