Fine Regency Amboyna Card Table

Fine Regency Amboyna Card TableA very fine architectural Regency period card table, in the Gothic taste, attractively veneered in finely burled amboyna, banded in tulipwood, strung with ebony, and decorated with gilt brass mounts. Circa 1820. Why it is special? This table's restrained architectural design, together with its spectacularly figured and well patinated burl amboyna faded to a splendid golden colour, make it an increasingly rare and attractive unusual piece, wonderfully

drawn from the originals in Rome

in 1894 (Antwerp) and 1900 (Paris)

22 May 2019

Other similar period examples are illustrated in Adam Bowett

This name was subsequently adopted by Gillows of London and Lancaster and five chairs of this model

crossbanded with burr elm

Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic

very stylish dining chairs

with fluted and achanthus-wrapped capitals

a common feature of Gillows chairs

Although his full identity remains unknown it is clear that he was a high calibre outworking chair-maker employed by the leading designers and makers of his period

25 March 1999