This design of table was commonly referred to as 'cheveret' in Gillows costs books. A stamped example with fold-out writing-surface was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 17 November 1988, lot 158. A satinwood table with similar undertier to the present lot is illustrated in R.Edwards and P.Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., 1964, vol II, p. 54, fig. 1. Another is lot 146 in this sale