THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
(Lots 143-160)
A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY WORK/GAMES-TABLE
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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID MAHOGANY WORK/GAMES-TABLE
Inlaid overall with boxwood, ebony and ebonised lines, the cut-cornered rectangular top crossbanded in tulipwood and burr-yew with a sliding red leather-lined hinged writing-surface on ratcheted supports, above a stylised foliate-inlaid frieze with a central mahogany-lined frieze drawer enclosing a black leather-lined backgammon board, above a sliding ebony and boxwood chess board and green silk-covered work-box, with conforming panels to the sides and reverse, on foliate-headed lyre-end supports and a stepped rectangular platform, on scrolled downswept square tapering legs with brass paw-feet and castors, the backgammon board and chess board sliding into the top for use, one leg spliced, the spring-loaded counter-wells locked
19½in. (49.5cm.) wide; 29¾in (79.5cm.) high; 16½in. (42cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with boxwood, ebony and ebonised lines, the cut-cornered rectangular top crossbanded in tulipwood and burr-yew with a sliding red leather-lined hinged writing-surface on ratcheted supports, above a stylised foliate-inlaid frieze with a central mahogany-lined frieze drawer enclosing a black leather-lined backgammon board, above a sliding ebony and boxwood chess board and green silk-covered work-box, with conforming panels to the sides and reverse, on foliate-headed lyre-end supports and a stepped rectangular platform, on scrolled downswept square tapering legs with brass paw-feet and castors, the backgammon board and chess board sliding into the top for use, one leg spliced, the spring-loaded counter-wells locked
19½in. (49.5cm.) wide; 29¾in (79.5cm.) high; 16½in. (42cm.) deep