Lot 455
  • 455

A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONIZED DRUM TABLE, CIRCA 1810 |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 77.5cm high, 87cm. wide, 89cm. deep; 30½ in., 34¼ in., 35 in.
the frieze with four dummy drawers above four concave mesh wired cupboard doors enclosing an adjustable shelf, on hairy paw cast metal feet concealing wooden casters, formerly but not originally fitted with a drawer

Literature

Jourdain, M., Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, 1965, p.76. fig. 173.

Condition

In overall good restored condition. Surface re-polished. Bronze lion masks possibly formerly with ring pulls. As noted in the description, formerly but not originally fitted with a drawer. Lacking one wooden caster. With two keys.
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