A Victorian Figured Mahogany Rectangular Butler's Tray on Stand

An English Victorian Antique Figured Mahogany Rectangular Butler's Tray on Stand Removable Tray With A Fixed Stand Terminating on Four Block Supports With Cut In Handles. Ideal fo...

Campaign Mahogany & Brass Butler's Coffee Table Hand Crafted By Kennedy Furniture For Harrods Fixed Stand Terminating on Four Block Supports Terminating With Brass Feet, With Brass...

A Good Quality And Unusually Small Georgian Mahogany Butlers Tray, Of Diminutive Proportion, Having Elegant Shaped Sides With Pierced Carrying Handles And Well Figured Top, Housed On Later Square Chamfered Leg Mahogany Stand. During the 18th and 19th centuries a coffee table was not what we regard as a coffee table in the 21st century. Coffee tables back then were always full height, effectively side tables. The modern, low, coffee table is really something which began to be seen during the early 20th century onwards. Based on the above there is a variety of different methods to incorporate a coffee table into an interior for people who wish to furnish their properties with genuine antique furniture, whilst still allowing for the practicalities and function which is required in modern times. Therefore it is now incredibly common to find 18th and 19th century trays of varying shape, size and design utilised as coffee tables. As with all the others that we have seen this particular tray has been fitted onto a low, practical and sturdy stand constructed from old antique wood. It’s worth noting that generally this means an old broken table...

Elegant proportions with rounded corners. 3/4 gallery with hand cutouts. Raised on square section legs.