Lot Essay
The work-table patterns published by William Smee & Sons, Designs for Furniture, featured the various elements such as side-flaps, lyre-supports, drum bag and scroll-footed plinth.
Various Properties
A WILLIAM IV BROWN OAK WORK-TABLE with twin-flap rounded rectangular top above a mahogany-lined frieze beaded panelled drawer, one fitted to each side, above an ivory pleated silk sliding well, on twin foliage-carved lyre-shaped supports centred by a stylised anthemion joined by a square stretcher on downswept legs and foliate feet
Details
A WILLIAM IV BROWN OAK WORK-TABLE with twin-flap rounded rectangular top above a mahogany-lined frieze beaded panelled drawer, one fitted to each side, above an ivory pleated silk sliding well, on twin foliage-carved lyre-shaped supports centred by a stylised anthemion joined by a square stretcher on downswept legs and foliate feet
31¾in. (80.5cm.) wide, open; 29in. (74cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) deep
31¾in. (80.5cm.) wide, open; 29in. (74cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) deep