ANTIQUE GAMING TABLE, MAHOGANY OVAL PEMBROKE TABLE, WRITING AND WORK TABLE, ANTIQUE SERVING TABLE, REGENCY STYLE MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLES
A LARGE GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR GAMING TABLE
with a baize-lined interior with six square tapering legs,
4ft. 5in. wide (135cm.) circa 1780.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SEMI-CIRCULAR MAHOGANY CARD TABLES, the tops crossbanded in satinwood and each with a [...]

TABLES  occasional, centre
A walnut centre table inlaid with a marquetry panel and with ormolu mounts. Very similar to the writing table 582 and, again, made in a French Louis XVth style of perennial popularity. Not as high quality as 582 but
nevertheless still a well-made and very decorative piece. 1860-1890
A centre table of Reformed Gothic character [...]

TABLES  writing
A satinwood ‘Carlton House’ writing table with oval panels in the upper doors. The type appears in Gillow’s cost books for 1796 and is also illustrated in the ‘Cabinet Maker’s Book of Prices’ of 1788. Carlton House was the residence of the Prince Regent. Gillows simply describe the piece as ‘A Ladies’ Drawing and [...]

TABLES  writing and library, late 18th and 19th century
The long writing tables, often referred to as library tables, of the late Georgian, Regency and Victorian period have a marked design similarity to sofa tables of the early part of the period, except that they do not have
end flaps. Perhaps designers produced one drawing which the [...]

DRESSING TABLES
Georgian enclosed mahogany on tapering fluted legs with a slide. 1760-1780
Mahogany, shown open with mirror resting on the rack. A fairly simple piece with none too elegant legs. 1760-1780
A mahogany dressing table of Chippendale style, with fretted brackets, slide and tray beneath. 1750-1700
An interesting enclosed dressing table/chest with concave tambour doors and drawers beneath. [...]

TABLES  Architects
Antique Architects tables are rather specialised pieces and were produced for professional use and seem to have been very solidly constructed perhaps, as Cescinsky suggests, because the ledgers architects used were so heavy and it was useful to have a means of inclining them to a more convenient position.
This well-fitted architect’s table is in [...]

Library table
In its most general meaning, a library table is simply a table used for writing or reading in the library of a grand house. The term covers a wide variety of tables, from the slender eighteenth century writing table derived from the French bureau plat, to the solid drum-shaped tables which were smaller versions [...]