Lot Essay
Such needlwork tripod tables are rare survivals. A similar walnut example from the collection of Sir Harold Wernher was exhibited in 'The Age of Walnut', Exhibition Catalogue, 1932, pp.43-44. A related table with canted rectangular top was exhibited by Phillips of Hitchin Ltd. at the Grosvenor House Fair, 1977 and illustrated in Connoisseur, 1977.