A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND GRAINED LIBRARY-TABLE

POSSIBLY SCOTTISH, CIRCA 1815

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND GRAINED LIBRARY-TABLE
Possibly Scottish, Circa 1815
The rounded rectangular top with gadrooned edge above a panelled frieze with two drawers to one side, the leaf-sheathed baluster-form stem on quadripartite base and splayed scroll-top legs with carved flowerheads on foliate-cast brass caps and casters, the carving formerly ebonized or bronzed
29¼in. (74.5cm.) high, 51in. (129.5cm.) wide, 31¼in. (79.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The scroll-headed legs applied with carved rosettes and boldly gadrooned top edge features on furniture supplied by William Trotter of Edinburgh. A related display case stand supplied for George Home's Paxton House in 1815 is illustrated in F. Bamford, 'A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers: 1660-1840', Furniture History, 1983, Vol. XIX, plate 58.

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