A REGENCY MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE
Early 19th century, in the manner of John McLean the rounded rectangular twin-flap top with a central slide enclosing a removable leather-lined games-tray with a backgammon board on one side and a chess board on the other, with four mahogany-lined drawers below, on reeded x-frame end-supports with inward facing bronze paw feet, repairs to feet, 73 cm high x 136.5 cm wide open x 64.5 cm deep
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£1,500 - £2,500
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£1,100 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: A games table of c.1800 with removable slide and reeded x-frame legs, by John McLean (fl. 1770-1814) at Saltram, Devon (NT 071334) and a writing table at Berrington Hall, Herefordshire (NT 617708).
A table with similar inverted feet is referenced in Ralph Edwards The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1964, pg 566, Fig.38, from Southill, Bedfordshire.
Provenance: Purchased from Duke's Spring Fine Art sale on the 28th of April 2022, Lot 134, for £2,400.
