A late George III satinwood, fruitwood and boxwood-lined reading/work table, the rectangular adjustable top inset with a painted watercolour panel of a conch shell resting on seaweed on an ivory ground, the frieze fitted with a drawer, flanked on one side by a red-velvet-lined slide, on square tapering supports with brass caps and castors, joined by a partly later concave rectangular undertier, lacking sewing basket, the legs reduced, 20in. (51cm) wide