Lot 116
116
A late George III rosewood games table, the rounded rectangular crossbanded twin-flap top, fitted with a central reversible panel, inlaid with a chessboard and enclosing a backgammon board, the frieze fitted with two short drawers above two false drawers to one side, with turned ivory handles, on boxwood-lined trestle-end supports joined by an arched stretcher, on splayed bar feet with brass caps and castors, 50in. (127cm) wide, 24in. (61cm) deep

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A late George III rosewood games table, the rounded rectangular crossbanded twin-flap top, fitted with a central reversible panel, inlaid with a chessboard and enclosing a backgammon board, the frieze fitted with two short drawers above two false drawers to one side, with turned ivory handles, on boxwood-lined trestle-end supports joined by an arched stretcher, on splayed bar feet with brass caps and castors, 50in. (127cm) wide, 24in. (61cm) deep

Lot Essay


This trestle-ended table combines elements from the 'sofa writing table' and games-fitted 'occasional' table illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl 77 and 58. A related table is illustrated P. Brown The Noel Terry Collection, York, 1987, no 116

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