CIRCA 1810, POSSIBLY BY MORGAN AND SANDERS

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A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND EBONISED CIRCULAR 'CAMPAIGN' LIBRARY TABLE
CIRCA 1810, POSSIBLY BY MORGAN AND SANDERS
The leather-lined top with eight double-ratcheted reading-slopes concealing wells and centred by a removable octagonal board, above eight simulated drawers, on detachable slender reeded baluster legs, brass caps and castors, lacking three handles
29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) diameter

Provenance

with John Hobbs, London.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Patent travelling or 'campaign' furniture became popular at the end of the 18th and early 19th century. It was a particular speciality of the Royal cabinet-makers Morgan and Sanders who, up until Joseph Sanders' death in 1818, introduced many innovative designs for furniture that could be collapsed and transported easily. Initially utilitarian for military campaigns, the designs became increasingly luxurious and elaborate in scale. For a further discussion see the Exhibition of Furniture for Travel 1760-1800, 6th-30th June 1987 and B. Austin, 'Morgan & Sanders and the Patent Furniture Makers of Catherine Street', Connoiseur, November 1974.

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