Lot 21
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A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD FIRESCREEN WRITING-TABLE
A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD FIRESCREEN WRITING-TABLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
A GEORGE III ROSEWOOD FIRESCREEN WRITING-TABLE
Late 18th Century
The rectangular top with crossbanded edge and rising firescreen covered in later striped floral needlework over a cedar-lined frieze drawer fitted with a ratcheted baize-lined writing surface, on square tapering legs
28in. (73cm.) high, 22in. (55cm.) wide, 18in. (47cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table is based on a design for a 'screen' table published in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-maker and Uphosterer's Drawing-Book of 1793, pl.43. According to Sheraton, 'this table is intended for a lady to write or work at near the fire; the screen part behind securing her face from its injuries'.