A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE
The rectangular hinged top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface, with a blind-fret edge, above a plain frieze, on square chamfered legs with Gothic blind-fret, two hinges stamped 'H. TIBATS', one indistinctly stamped, inscribed in chalk 'D. ROOM'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Many fine pieces of mid-18th century case furniture, and particularly card tables have 'H.TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges, including a card table in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tibats was clearly an important source of iron fittings and was probably based in London or Birmingham (P. Thornton, 'A signed hinge', Furniture History, Leeds, 1966, pp.44-45, pl.XXIII).

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