Work table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Rosewood, satinwood, brass, silk
Measurements
74 x 70 x 39 cm
Place of origin
England
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Killerton, Devon
NT 922001
Summary
A rosewood and brass-inlaid combined games, reading and work table, English, circa 1820, with a central ratcheted book-rest concealing a backgammon board and with a pull-out chess board, a fitted drawer flanked by overhanging sections with brass gallery and drawers, one for pens, all on lyre-shaped supports with pleated silk basket between, on swept short legs with brass paw cappings and castors.
Provenance
Gift of Miss M.T. Nicholl in 1978.