An early Victorian kingwood, gilt-metal and porcelain mounted ladies writing table

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An early Victorian kingwood, gilt-metal and porcelain mounted ladies writing table
crossbanded and inlaid with lines, the top inset witha panel of tooled leather, the frieze mounted with Sèvres style porcelain floral plaquettes and fitted with a drawer to one side with a spring lock, on cabriole legs terminsating in foliate sabots, bearing a label BO... of Town & Emanuel 105 New Bond STt, by appointment to Her Majesty. Manufacturers of BUHL MARQUETRIE, RESNER AND CARVED FURNITURE, TRIPODS, SCREENS & c. OF THE FINEST AND MOST SUPERB DESIGNS OF THE TIMES OF LOUIS 14th. SPLENDID CABINETS & TABLES INLAID WITH FINE SEVRE & DRESDEN CHINA & c., written in ink underneath 1838 (underline) Town & Emanuel 105 New Bond Street London -- 18¼in. (46.5cm.) wide, 28¼in. (72cm.) high and 13¼in. (33.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Maney 1986, details several tables in the FRench manner which bear this label. The firm would appear to have operated from about 1830-1840 and from 1839 it is listed in Directories as Town & Co.

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