A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD GAMES-TABLE

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A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD GAMES-TABLE
The rounded rectangular top with central sliding-panel with a leather-lined chessboard to the reverse and enclosing a brown velvet-lined backgammon board, above a mahogany and green baize-lined frieze drawer and a simulated drawer to the front and reverse, on rectangular end-supports joined by a ring-turned and reeded baluster stretcher and hipped square tapering downswept legs, the end-supports and legs inlaid with fruitwood lines, the tops of the legs inlaid with burr-yew lines, brass caps and castors, restorations
37½ in. (95.5 cm.) wide; 28½ in. (72 cm.) high; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 17 June 1993, lot 185.

Lot Essay

This multi-purpose table with pilaster-ends is designed in the early 19th Century French-influenced antique style, popularised by George Smith's Collections of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808. It evolved from his 'backgammon work-table', with central sliding games-board top and concealed drawers illustrated as plate 78. Its scrolled plinths correspond with that found on a card-table bearing the label of George Simson (fl. 1780-1839), cabinet-maker of St. Paul's Church Yard, which was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 8 July 1988, lot 126.

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