Westland London Center Tables

Antique fine quality Victorian 19th century rosewood loo, breakfast or centre table with a tilt-top. Solid, heavy and with no loose joints. Breath-taking quality matched rosewood ven...

A gorgeous antique Late Victorian or Arts & Crafts writing desk or library table USA, Late 19th Century Carved oak, with brass hardware. Measures: 39"W x 27"D x 30"H. Goo...

An exhibition quality 19th century walnut and marquetry centre / breakfast table, the circular top having a decorative foliate carved edge, profusely inlaid with exotic specimen timb...

Antique fine quality C1900 folding inlaid marquetry centre side occasional table shaped. This is a lovely top quality table, that is full of age, charm and character. Rare and attractive quality antique find...

A superb quality 19th Century rosewood cente table, the wonderfully figured, shaped and moulded edge top above a carved frieze incorporating carved floral and shell decoration, suppo...

Sn5575 Fine quality Victorian burr walnut centre table, having an oval top with outstanding walnut grain and moulded edge above a shallow frieze, raised on petal carved vase shaped c...

Exhibition quality burr walnut centre table. Circa 1860 This stunning table is raised upon a quadra foil base with shaped legs. The legs featuring ormolu mounts. The table having a t...

The design and ornamentation of this centre table is characteristic of Portuguese Baroque furniture dating from the second half of the 17t...

"English Regency rosewood center table with floral filigree brass inlaid apron supported on a turned pedestal base with 3 scroll legs ending in a hairy paw foot with a brown leather ...

A Fine Burl Amboyna and Marquetry Centre Table Attributed to George Blake and Co and Probably Retailed by Edward Holmes Baldock English London made Circa 1845. An exceptional table of wonderful colour, utilising the finest amboyna veneers as a background for a complex pattern of floral marquetry on the stem, feet and table top. The tilt-top with segmented veneers and central floral inlay within an inlaid floral scroll surround and with a conforming inlaid outer border. The triform pedestal base with foliate inlay, carved leaf scroll feet with carved lateral flower head roundels with recessed castors. The basic design for this table comes from the work of the designer Richard Bridgens and was published in 1838 as plate 16 in his Furniture with Candelabra. As can be seen from the image of Bridgens' design, the outer scrolling border on the top of our table is very much in the style of that suggested in the design but the other marquetry is of a sophisticated floral type popularised slightly later, suggesting a date of c.1845 for our table. Marquetry of this sort was a speciality of the Blake family, marquetry experts and associates of the great dealer Edward Holmes Baldock. Baldock was responsible for building some museum quality collections of fine 18th century French furniture during this period for some of his famous aristocratic clients but he also supplied new furniture in the French taste, often incorporating marquetry by the Blake firm. The use of exotic amboyna as the ground for this marquetry is also in keeping with other pieces known to have been supplied by Baldock, for whom it appears only the best was good enough. The sinuous lines of this table and the exotic veneers give the piece a more timeless feel than many other examples from this period and the colour means that it would work equally well in a contemporary interior or alongside pieces of Art Deco furniture as it would in a more traditional room. This is a piece of sublime quality that somehow manages to be both decorative and yet understated and as such is exactly the sort of piece we enjoy sharing with our clients. Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) Born on the 14th May 1777 he established his business in 1805 in Hanway Street which over the years he expanded at this location. He soon was a prominent London furniture dealer to several members of the Royal Family and is responsible for supplying French-fashioned furniture to the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. Edwards Holmes Baldock’s pieces have become a prized possession amongst collectors, museums and dealers alike. The use of a variety of specimen woods can often been seen on attributed and signed tables by Edward Holmes Baldock, reminiscent of those on the present table. Baldock was thought to have worked very closely to with the master of marquetry and inlay of the 19th Century Robert Blake who had workshops adjacent to Baldock’s retail premises. Pieces in public collections with likely links to the Blake Family include a piano in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a writing desk in Goodwood House, a centre table in Syon House, a circular table in Alnwick Castle, an octagonal table in the Leeds City Art Gallery at Temple Newsam House and also signed works in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Baldock's works often imitated the important pieces of 18th-century French furniture that Francophile collectors including George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, William Beckford, Francis Seymour Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford and George Watson...

Charming Louis XVI centre table with curved shape top Very distinctive look - could also function as a desk We date this piece to circa 1880 ...

Sn5342 Fine William IV rosewood dining table or centre table, having tilt top with fantastic rosewood grain, standing on turned column with fluted decoration and carved collar terminating in trefoil...