A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DEMI-LUNE CARD-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DEMI-LUNE CARD-TABLE
The boxwood and ebony-banded and crossbanded top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface above a fluted frieze with central swagged flowerhead tablet, the fluted square tapering legs headed by a patera and terminating in club feet, the top with two wooden pegs to back and possibly associated
35½in. (90cm.) wide; 28in. (71cm.) high; 17½in. (45cm.) deep, closed

Lot Essay

A pattern for an elliptic-fronted pier-table with fluted frieze and veil-draped tablet between flowered tablets features in the 1788 sketch book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 14).

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