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A SCOTTISH REGENCY OAK BREAKFAST-TABLE
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A SCOTTISH REGENCY OAK BREAKFAST-TABLE

POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM TROTTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SCOTTISH REGENCY OAK BREAKFAST-TABLE
POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM TROTTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular radially-veneered quarter-sawn and crossbanded tilt-top above four scrolling supports, on a concave-sided canted rectangular plinth with scroll feet and countersunk brass castors
28¼ in. (72 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) wide; 42 in. (106.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The breakfast-table relates to furniture supplied by the Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter for the Library and Gallery at Paxton House, Berwickshire, circa 1814 (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights & Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1983, plates 49-61). The furniture at Paxton is strongly chracterised by the use of gadrooned mouldings and scrolled supports, the mood of which corresponds remarkably closely to the present piece. Several lots from Paxton were sold anonymously, Christie's Edinburgh, 29 April 1992, lots 449-454.

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