A Chippendale mahogany card table - A George III satinwood and marquetry card table - A Sheraton period mahogany serpentine fronted side table
A ‘Chippendale’ folding card or tea table in mahogany with reeded square legs, serpentine front and elegantly shaped frieze. Of c. 176070 date. Tables of this kind are always higher in value if [...]

TABLES  writing, Carlton House and similar
A ‘Carlton House’ writing table appears in Gillows’ Cost Books for 1796, described as a ‘Ladies Drawing and Writing Table’ and is also illustrated in the Cabinet Makers Book of Prices 1788. They are, naturally, associated with the late Georgian and Regency period  Carlton House was a London residence of [...]

TABLES  sofa, vertical supports and stretchers
The sofa table is a variation which was evolved from the Pembroke table and gets its name from its intended application, namely, to stand against a sofa. It is therefore long and thin with flaps at the end, whereas the Pembroke is squarer in shape, and so popular did it [...]

TABLES  writing and library
A round or multi-sided library table, with a number of drawers, supported on a central base, normally a pillar, is referred to in the antique trade as a ‘rent’ or `drum top’ table. By tradition they were used to keep account of rents paid and due, for some tables have initials on [...]

TABLES, card, games and tea, centre pedestal
The centre pedestal applied to side and card tables is a late Georgian or early Regency form.
This table is in rosewood, with elegant curved legs ending in brass paw castors. The top is cross-banded in satinwood and the octagonal centre column has an inlaid boxwood line at the edge [...]

TABLES  games and tea, Sheraton
As we have seen, the half-round (or demi-lune’) table, opening to a circular form, has a very early provenance, which continued in the early Georgian period and lent itself to taper- or turned-leg form as fashion progressed. It is commercially important that there is no warping of the top.
The form is [...]