A George II style Carved Mahogany Serpentine form Library Table late 19th Century/early 20th century

of continuous serpentine form with re-entrant corners inset with a leather panel within cross banding and a heavily carved gadrooned molding, each long conforming side with a frieze containing a long drawer flanked by two short drawers with ribbon and guillocke-carved moldings above a kneehole flanked by pedestals, each with three graduated drawers above carved moldings and supported on molded ogee bracket feet, the sides with elaborately cast rococo carrying handles.

Florian Papp Inc., New York

The double serpentine form of this library has close affinities with an engraving published by Thomas Chippendale in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, plate LVI, first published in 1753, although the design was not included in the third edition. The richly carved moldings are complemented by the unusually ornate rococo carrying handles.