A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED CALAMANDER, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT CARD-TABLE

BY GEORGE SIMSON, CIRCA 1810-20

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED CALAMANDER, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT CARD-TABLE
BY GEORGE SIMSON, CIRCA 1810-20
With satinwood banding overall, the D-shaped hinged rectangular top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface above a tablet frieze on a leaf-wrapped baluster shaft and platform base with downswept legs with brass paw caps and castors, labelled 'GEORGE SIMSON, UPHOLDER, CABINETMAKER & UNDERTAKER, NO.19 Southside of St Pauls Church Yard, LONDON' and inscribed 306 IO/IB/X AB/S/N and in chalk '151/18068' AND '67'
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Literature

John Andrews, British Antique Furniture: Price Guide and Reasons for Value, 2001, p.332.
Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p.421, fig.866.

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Lot Essay

George Simson, cabinet-maker and undertaker, traded from 19 St Paul's Churchyard from 1787 until 1840, latterly in partnership with his son. His label is found on highly fashionable furniture of exotic woods.

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