Regency Brass-Inlaid Rosewood Center Table

The rectangular top with rounded drop leaves, above two frieze drawers and two dummy drawers to the reverse, raised on a faux-rosewood grain painted ring-turned standard continuing t...

The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors. 18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide. Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench. Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)! The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...

In the style of Thomas Hope, the rectangular three-quarter galleried top over a single frieze drawer raised on caryatid front supports, above a plinth base and carved paw feet, the w...

Attributed to Chapuis. The later circular black marble top above a frieze mounted with stylized laurel branches centered by flowerheads, raised on three square tapering legs surmount...

The rectangular top with rounded corners above ring-turned dual standard end supports and brass stems in between‚ ending in splayed legs‚ joined by two ring-turned stretchers.  

Of sarcophagus form with geometric brass stringing throughout, with embossed gilt-brass ring handles to the sides, the interior fitted with twin lidded lead-lined caddies separated by a glass mixing bowl, raised on brass paw feet. With a secret drawer.

With a circular hinged top with brass inlaid border supported on a triangular support ending on a conforming base with brass stringing and raised on plain Greek form feet. Casters.

Circular tiltable top with brass inlaid banding with conforming apron on a flat sided brass mounted columnar support joining a brass mounted tripartite plinth base raised on three s...

Very fine Regency period Brass inlaid rosewood center table, the richly grained and bookmatched veneer top with ring of brass floral decoration in the manner of George Bullock, the a...

A Regency style mahogany veneer and solid brass inlaid drum top center table, the circular top inlaid with a band of scrolling leaves, the frieze fitted with a center drawer, on a tu...

A Regency style marquetry hand-inlaid center table, the circular top with swirling hand inlay in rosewood and burl veneers with sunburst parquetry ...

Elegant circa 1820 English Regency rosewood-veneered mahogany center table; the tilting top with foliate rinceau brass inlaid border with moulded brass ribbon-bound foliate garland bottom edge on foliate brass inlaid center trigonal pedestal support with fluted volute edges ending with acanthus bracketing on beaded-edge plinth, the brass line-inlaid concave triform base with beaded top-edge ending in original finely-cast bronze scrolling lions paw feet on concealed casters. Provenance: Purportedly from Whitemarsh Hall, the neo-Georgian Horace Trumbauer...