Lot 248
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CHAMBER TABLE
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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CHAMBER TABLE

CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CHAMBER TABLE
CIRCA 1810
With a rounded rectangular top on solid end-standards and downswept legs with brass paw capped castors, two legs repaired
29 in. (73 cm.) high; 34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 51 in. (54 cm.) deep
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Movable writing or chamber tables such as this one were tremendously popular during the Regency period. The model relates to Gillow's design for a 'spindle table' illustrated in the Estimate Sketch Book of 1818 (G. Wills, Craftsmen and Cabnet-Makers of Classic English Furniture, London, 1974, p.123), and the tables were made with a huge number of variations on the basic design. Among these was a pair from The Humphrey Whitbread Collection, sold Christie's London, 5 April 2001, lot 379, and another, probably previously supplied to Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood, for Harewood House, Yorkshire, sold Christie's London, 9 July 1998, lot 124.

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