Antique 18th Century Fold Over Tea Table In Mahogany ( REF AF-3422 )

This antique 20th-century card table, crafted from rich mahogany, is a beautifully designed piece of great quality. Stood on sturdy square legs, it showcases a refined and elegant ae...

This antique 19th-century mahogany desk boasts a very rare and unusual design, making it a truly unique piece for any collector or home office. Crafted from high-quality mahogany, th...

An extremely pretty, 18th Century English George II period mahogany tea table of delightfully small proportions. The fold-over top opening to reveal a double sized polished top. Sta...

A Very Good Quality 19th Century, Regency Period Mahogany Tea Table, Having Superbly Figured Foldover Top With Banded Decoration And Well Figured Interior Retaining Good Surface And Patina, Above Elegantly Figured Frieze With Matchstick Fluted Decoration, Raised On Rare Extravagant Turned Sabre Legs With Carved Scrolling Decoration To Feet. As suggested by the name, tea tables were made to serve tea from. Often part of a pair, with an identical matching card table, or even a wider suite of furniture they would simply stand to one side in a room and be pulled out, then opened up when required to allow for the placement of trays containing all that is required to serve tea from. Now of course aside from its original purpose this table suits a whole variety of different spaces around the home. It could be used as a console table, a pier table, a simple side table or even as a card games table. Constructed from well figured, high grade mahogany which would have been expensive to purchase in the late 18th century it is incredibly elegant and very good quality. Clearly a lot of effort has gone into the overall look of the table and the cabinet making has been well executed. The legs are quite spectacular, a design which we have actually never come across before. They are certainly something very special and, dare we say it, possibly even a unique feature, which will no doubt be a talking point once the table is standing proudly in position. As with all items which we offer for sale it has been through our workshops, where our highly skilled, traditional antique furniture...