A Regency ormolu and English porcelain-mounted tulipwood occasional table circa 1820

The rectangular crossbanded top fitted with six English porcelain panels depicting sprays of spring flowers within C-scrolled trelliswork borders above a frieze drawer mounted with two similarly decorated panels flanked by gilt-metal-mounted oval flowerheads, the sides with chevron veneers, the lyre-form trestle support with brass 'strings', the scrolled ends mounted with gilt-metal flowerheads and roundels on the inside and outside, the lower section mounted on the outside with gilt-metal seraph's head, joined by a turned stretcher, the downswept legs ending in gilt-metal roundels. The porcelain possibly Coalport.

Lord Leigh, Stoneleigh Abbey
Jeremy Ltd., London

H. A. Tipping, In English Homes, period V, vol. I, p. 181 and p. 192

Overall in good condition. The porcelain appears to be in very good condition and is beautifully painted; the gilding to porcelain in good condition with very little rubbing. Minor age cracks to tulipwood veneers to top; some minor losses to crossbanded edge of top and crossbanded edge of frieze. Minor pitting to gilt-metal borders and to gilt-metal mounts throughout with some rubbing as well. One gilt-metal string to lyre with slight bending. The trestle supports are sturdy; legs with some losses to veneers especially to top of one leg and to one foot.
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This table is illustrated in the drawing room at Stoneleigh Abbey in front of the large Chimneypiece, circa 1920.  Conceived in the Louis XVI revival style with neoclassical ormolu mounts and lyre form, it incorporates English porcelain plaques, possibly from the Coalport Factory, painted in the Louis XV style.  This very English intermingling of 'Louis' styles started in the 1820s and became popular by the end of the decade and into the 1830s.