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Lot Essay
In 1805 Richard Brown patented a table whereby 'the two ends of the table frame are connected by pieces of wood, so joined toether as to form what are commonly called lazy tongs' (R. Edwards, ed., The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1964, p.541, fig.26). The firm of Seddon also produced this form of table, an example of which is illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, 1965, p.65, fig.131.