CIRCA 1800, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY 'UNIVERSAL' TABLE
CIRCA 1800, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON
With a rectangular draw-leaf top with recessed brass catches and rounded corners, containing a drawer in the frieze, on square tapered legs, brass cappings and castors
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; the top 57¾ in. (147 cm.) extended; 30¼ in. (76 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This table is based on a design for a 'Universal Table' dated 1791 and published in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, London, 3rd ed., 1802, pl.25. In his description, Sheraton writes: 'The use of this piece is both to answer the purpose of a breakfast and a dining-table. When both the leaves are slipped under the bed, it will then serve as a breakfast-table; when one leaf is out, as in this view, it will accommodate five persons as a dining-table; and if both are out, it will admit of eight, being near seven feet long, and three feet six inches in width'.

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