Lot 482
482
A SCOTTISH EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE
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A SCOTTISH EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BY JAMES MEIN

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A SCOTTISH EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BY JAMES MEIN
With a rosewood banded hinged top supported on unusual slide lopers, the underside of the leaves veneered in mahogany, fitted with a long frieze drawer bearing a label 'JAsMEIN CABINET MAKER & UPHOLSTERER ROXBURGH STREET KELSO. Funerals performed, carving, gilding, paper hanging and decorations, inventories and valuations made no. 30252'
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Lot Essay

James Mein was the son of Alexander Mein an upholsterer in Edinburgh and with premises in Kelso. A group of furniture was supplied by James Mein to the Dukes of Roxburghe for Floors Castle

The distinctive turned angles and pendants on this table would seem to be a characteristic feature of many 19th Century Scottish furniture types Regional Furniture 1988, Scottish chests, David Jones, p.40.

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