Lot Essay
A similar rosewood library table was sold by the Countess of Gainsborough, Sotheby's London, 8 October 1993, lot 213 and another was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 21 June 1990, lot 129.
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A WILLIAM IV BRASS-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD WRITING-TABLE
The rounded rectangular top above a pair of frieze drawers, flanked at each end by foliage mounts, on rectangular end-supports centred by a lion-mask, joined by a ring-turned stretcher, on rounded rectangular plinths with foliage-collared turned feet and sunk brass castors, the castors stamped 'COPES PATENT', partially remounted, restorations
52½ in. (133.5 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep
The rounded rectangular top above a pair of frieze drawers, flanked at each end by foliage mounts, on rectangular end-supports centred by a lion-mask, joined by a ring-turned stretcher, on rounded rectangular plinths with foliage-collared turned feet and sunk brass castors, the castors stamped 'COPES PATENT', partially remounted, restorations
52½ in. (133.5 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep