Exceptional Kingwood, Rosewood and Exotically Timbered Centre Table

This elegant Louis XVI style antique round table features parquetry decoration on its top, in starburst form. The top is bordered with ormolu banding, above rosewood skirting. Below ...

Outstanding quality antique Victorian french kingwood and ormolu mounted freestanding centre table having a quality unusual chinoiserie shaped top with a brass edge. The centre tab...

19th century French Kingwood and marble top centre table, having a rouge veined marble top encased within a brass border, the inlaid frieze below having a single drawer at the front ...

English Regency rosewood centre table with floral filigree brass inlaid apron supported on a turned pedestal base with three scroll legs ...

 An exceptional Regency Rosewood Gillow Centre Table, the top having well figured timber and carved gadrooned moulded edge with a nice shallow fr...

This remarkable rosewood centre table attributed to legendary firm Gillows showcases masterful craftsmanship and stunningly rare hardstone specimens. The table's base is ornately crafted, complete with lion's paw feet, emphasizing the quality of the wood. The most impressive element of this beautiful piece of furniture, however, is the exquisite inlaid table top. Featuring eighteen semi-precious and hardstone specimens artfully arranged in alternating geometric shapes, rare stones like gem quality Lapis Lazuli, Egyptian porphyry and Siberian amethyst dazzle the eye. Other stones and specimens inlaid in square, circle and hexagon shapes include pyrite lapis lazuli, malachite, green aventurine, agate of amethyst, greek spartan porphyry, labradorite, fossilized wood, occhio di pavone, brèche verte d'égypte, sicilian jaspers, blood stone, spanish brocatelle, siena brocatelle, convent siena and nero antico. The sheer variety and superb quality of these features is an overwhelming visual delight and a triumph of craftsmanship. Hardstone pieces such as this were popular among the British aristocracy...