CIRCA 1770,

The star inlay to the top and flaps of this pembroke/games table is inspired by that used in the bookcases in Wilton House, Wiltshire, the residence of the Earl of Pembroke, probably supplied by Thomas Chippendale (see A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture The Work of Thomas Chippendale and his Contemporaries in the Rococo Style, New York, 1968, pl. 256 and 258). Although differing in form, the idea of the star and medallion as a decorative motif, set against richly figured timber is a feature particularly distinctive to the work of Chippendale in English Furniture of the 18th Century.