A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CARD-TABLE

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CARD-TABLE
The rounded rectangular folding top enclosing a green baize-lined interior above a flared shaft with guilloche frieze, on a concave quadrapartite base with foliate-wrapped claw feet with sunken castors, the top of the shaft replaced, restorations and re-gilt
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table, with pillar, hollow-sided 'altar' plinth and lion-paw feet, relates to card-table patterns in G. Smith, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826 and P. Nicholson The Practical Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and Complete Decorator, 1826 (E. Joy Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 491).

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