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A pattern for a similar table, apart from minor variations, features in the 1826 Sketch-Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (Westminster City Library, Gillows MSS No 3480)
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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CARD TABLE
By Gillows, the rectangular hinged top enclosing a circular green baize lined playing surface, on reeded and foliate-carved baluster end standards and splayed cabriole legs on foliate and scale-carved claw and ball feet, stamped twice Gillows. Lancaster, the underside signed in pencil John Mason Jones
36¼in. (92cm.) wide, 29in. (73.5cm.) high, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep
By Gillows, the rectangular hinged top enclosing a circular green baize lined playing surface, on reeded and foliate-carved baluster end standards and splayed cabriole legs on foliate and scale-carved claw and ball feet, stamped twice Gillows. Lancaster, the underside signed in pencil John Mason Jones
36¼in. (92cm.) wide, 29in. (73.5cm.) high, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep