Regency Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Console 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...

Of oval form with a pomegranate finial, the hinged top opening to a fitted interior, and lion mask ring handles at the sides, raised on ebonized paw feet.  

The Louis XVI console with a serpentine shaped Brèche d'Alep marble top above a conforming frieze carved with leaf tips and hung with laurel swag garlands centered by a rosette medal...

The red and white variegated molded rectangular original marble top with canted front corners above a pierced frieze finely carved with scrolling foliage, raised on four stop-fluted ...

The rectangular crossbanded top with rounded drop-leaves and a single frieze drawer, raised on standards ending in splayed legs with casters, joined by a turned stretcher.

Handsome 19th century English Regency console table made of mahogany with a satinwood frieze. The intricate inlay, serpentine scroll work, brass mounts and decorative ebonized column...

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19th century Irish mahogany console. Solid serpentine top over carved paw feet.

English Regency style (late 19th Cent) mahogany console table with fluted legs ending in lion paw feet and an apron with 2 felt lined drawers.

English Regency (Likely Irish, Early 19th Century) banded inlaid mahogany console table with concave front above lion headed reeded turned legs with paw feet.

Regency mahogany console table, the black and white rectangular thick marble top above moulded freeze. Raised up on two acanthus capped...