Victorian Burr Walnut and Marquetry Card Table

Victorian Burr Walnut and Marquetry Card TableA fine Victorian Fold over Card Table in Walnut and Burr Walnut veneer, decorated with Marquetry Inlay to the top, c. 1860. This highly decorative and beautiful table features a burr walnut veneered top with exquisite floral marquetry inlay, and is raised on four turned column supports upon carved splayed legs, united with turned stretcher. The table is beautifully presented in pristine condition, following a recent sensible cosmetic restoration and

The circular dished top above an extending square column of the telescopic action

raised on square tapering and reeded front legs with spade feet

favoured by Thomas Hope

Republic of China

Decorated with floral motifs

A very fine and elegant pair mahogany hall chairs of the Regency period

William IV and Queen Victoria

though less sophisticated example

the concave rosewood veneered triform base in solid mahogany

Fine sensibly restored condition

Conceived in the Chinese manner expounded by William and John Halfpenny in Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste (1752)

Some of their more notable projects include the furnishings of Croome Court for the 6th Earl of Coventry