Manfred Schotten Antiques Card Tables and Tea

A gorgeous Regency mahogany card table crossbanded supported on splay legs terminating in brass claw feet Circa 1810 Top opens up to reveal red baize playing surface Bought from a pr...

George II carved walnut card/games table that doubles as a side table when not in use. The fold over outset shaped top opens to reveal a baize lined playing surface with candle stand...

A wonderful card or games table by the French firm Moissonnier. Fully stamped with manufacturer mark, see images. The top is reversible, with a red leather top and also a black pai...

A late George III amazing round revolving drum table in mahogany wood with a movable top attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. The circular top inset with a faded and gold tooled gre...

- Stunning Queen Anne card table in mahogany - Classic pad foot feet and curved Queen Anne legs - Table opens out to reveal blue beize material games playing surface - Bought from...

A mid 19th century Goncalo Alves card table by Gillows of Lancaster, the hinged rectangular top with egg and dart molding, the green baize interior within quarter veneered corners, t...

This is a fabulous antique Victorian mahogany, satinwood and marquetry games table in the manner of Edwards & Roberts, circa 1860 in date. It is made of beautiful flame mahogany and satinwood with elegant satinwood inlaid and penwork floral and foliate decoration of ribbons, bellfowers and garlands.. The shaped hinged top opens to reveal a fabulous green baize lined gaming interior for playing cards, above a frieze fitted with a drawer and decorated by a beautiful classical urn. The table is raised on elegant square tapering legs terminating in spade feet. It is an elegant piece which will enhance a special room in your home. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THAT THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY RESTRICTED MATERIALS. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and polished in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 74 x Width 89 x Depth 48 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 2 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 7 inches Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. Edwards & Roberts The firm Edwards & Roberts was one of the best English antique furniture cabinet makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. The company was founded in 1845 and by 1854 was trading as ‘Edwards & Roberts’, 21 Wardour Street, Antique and Modern Cabinet...

An Extremely Unusual Mid 19th Century Thuya Wood Veneered Rectangular Card Table, Retaining Good Colour And Surface Throughout, Having Superbly Figured Rectangular Foldover Top, Rota...

- Exquisite antique Regency card table in rosewood - We date this fine specimen to circa 1810 - Also features brass inlay - Top opens out to reveal green bieze playing surface - ...

A superb quality Gillows Walnut Card Table with fabulous Burr veneers and fine Gilt Bronze mounts the back legs pull out to reveal a Mahogany lined drawer which acts as a support to ...

Victorian Mahogany Card Table. circa 1860 This piece is of a high Victorian Design with carved shaped legs a bulbous fluted column, ca...

Superb WilliamIV Folding Games or Card Table This is an exceptionally fine quality piece with beautiful patina, it takes up little space and unfolds to a 3ft square games table The ...