Lot 23
23
A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE, with satinwood-banded rounded rectangular twin-flap top above two frieze drawers, one fitted with two zinc-lined tea caddies, two baize-lined bowl-wells and a zinc-lined hinged lidded well, on square tapering legs and brass caps, the satinwood crossbanding later, the hinged interior lid later, one lock stamped PATENT/BARRON

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A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE, with satinwood-banded rounded rectangular twin-flap top above two frieze drawers, one fitted with two zinc-lined tea caddies, two baize-lined bowl-wells and a zinc-lined hinged lidded well, on square tapering legs and brass caps, the satinwood crossbanding later, the hinged interior lid later, one lock stamped PATENT/BARRON
46in. (116.5cm.) iwide; 28½in. (72.5cm.) high; 39¾in. (101cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This elegant parlour table, with ribbon-band inlay, round cornered flaps and tapering 'herm' feet, was described as a 'Pembroke' table in A. Hepplewhite and Co's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pls. 62 and 63. It is a neo-classical version of the fanciful 'Breakfast table' illustrated in T. Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, no. LIII, and T. Sheraton in his Cabinet-Maker and Upholster's Drawing Book, 1793, pl. LIV explained 'The use of this piece is for a gentleman or lady to breakfast on'. The tea-cannister drawer on this example is a rare feature

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