Lot 482
  • 482

A Regency rosewood crossbanded, ebony and boxwood strung mahogany sofa table, possibly Scottish, circa 1815

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • rosewood
  • 73.5cm. high, 163cm. extended, 66cm. deep; 2ft. 5in., 5ft. 4¼in., 2ft. 2in.
with a pair of frieze drawers opposing dummy drawers, on a trestle frame with down-curved legs ending in brass cappings and castors

Provenance

Possibly William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian (1763 - 1824)

Literature

Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1901, p.33, possibly in the Beech Bedroom, ‘Mahogany inlaid sofa table with 2 flaps and 2 drawers’;
Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1930, p.27, possibly in the Family Bedroom, 'An old English mahogany sofa table with banded border fitted drawers & 2 hinged leaves 3ft 4 x 2ft'

Condition

Country House condition. Lovely quality. Ash carcase elements suggest Scottish manufacture. Losses to stringing and some lifting. Stains to timber and of a faded appearance from sun. Lacking drawer handles to the dummies and front handles replaced.
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