A GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY LIBRARY DRUM TABLE circa 1800

the circular cross banded revolving top lined with leather above a frieze fitted with four real and four false drawers inlaid with ebony lines in a key pattern and with gilt brass handles, supported on four ring turned columns above a solid platform with in-curved sides and ornamented with turned roundels, the four square inlaid down-swept legs with brass cap castors.

Overall good condition, later leather-lined top, some minor chips and wear to stringing around edge of top, some patches to veneers with very minor areas of inpainting, one leg with old repaired break, overall with some old marks, scratches, scuffs and bruises.
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