Lot Essay
The distinctive open scrolled trestles on this piece appear on a card table sold Christie's London, 7 July 1988, lot 27.
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD WORK AND GAMES TABLE
early 19th century
The sliding rectangular top with chessboard underside and enclosing a leather-lined backgammon board flanked by galleried outset sides above a central drawer with ratcheted writing surface flanked by short drawers over a canted work well, on open scrolled trestles joined by a platform and scrolling legs with foliate-cast feet and casters, with allover stylized scroll inlay, lacking work basket
28½in. (72cm.) high, 30¼in. (77cm.) wide, 19¼in. (49cm.) deep
early 19th century
The sliding rectangular top with chessboard underside and enclosing a leather-lined backgammon board flanked by galleried outset sides above a central drawer with ratcheted writing surface flanked by short drawers over a canted work well, on open scrolled trestles joined by a platform and scrolling legs with foliate-cast feet and casters, with allover stylized scroll inlay, lacking work basket
28½in. (72cm.) high, 30¼in. (77cm.) wide, 19¼in. (49cm.) deep