Circa 1765 English Georgian Period Triple-Fold Games & Tea Table

Circa 1780 George III serpentine form games table, English. Solid mahogany timber richly embellished with kingwood crossbanding on all top surfaces & on the apron, offset by satinwoo...

Circa 1765 George III period tea caddy box, English. Small & complete example raised on original bracket feet. Mahogany. Original hardware & lock with key. Contains 2 original tin te...

Circa 1765 George III period pair of console tables, English. Deep rich wood with deal secondary wood. These handsome tables, once part of a banquet table, show the solid design asso...

Circa 1780 George III period tea table, English. Mahogany & flame mahogany veneer. Flip top with swing leg. Deal secondary wood. Satinwood & ebony apron line inlay. Large ovolo form ...

Rare Georgian Mahogany Accordion Folding Games Table, Circa 1790

This fine and unusual games table is of rare form, circa 1900 and 1910, is made of mahogany and deal secondaries. The brass fittings have all been chrome-plated, a feature usually re...

A rare and highly important Russian imperial period gilt-bronze mounted and marquetry inlaid, triple turn-over games table. St. Petersburg, circa 1820. This rare and elegant marquetry games table, or Lomberian, is representative of the golden age of Russian craftsmanship of the early nineteenth century. The table, in keeping with courtly pursuits of the day, has a triple turn-over top, opening successively to reveal a chess board and a leather playing surface for cards. The upper surface is veneered with exceptional marquetry inlay in stained sycamore, holly, boxwood, and Russian native timbers. It is centred by an oval roundel with a decorative and highly unusual still-life tableau of playing cards and dice. The distinctive form of the decorative marquetry inlay and the use of rich indigenous timbers confirm the Russian origin of this table. The flowering tendrils being a distinctive feature of the work of a small group of St Petersburg cabinet makers such as Nikifor Vasilyev and Matvei Veretennikov. Both of these master cabinet makers were serfs, Veretennikov belonging to Count Alexander Vasilievich Soltikov and Vassilyev belonging to the Sheremetev estate. It is interesting to note, that of the small number of known masterpieces by these makers, two of them are elaborately inlaid gaming tables, confirming its importance as a furniture type amongst the Upper Classes of the period. A late 18th century marquetry...

This is an antique fold over games table bearing the name Edwards & Roberts, an English, mahogany piece from the 19th century, circa 1880. Of quality craftsmanship in a dark mahogany In good proportion and displaying desirable aged patina Decorated with blind fret decoration in geometric patterns Pierced fretwork bracketing beneath the delicate frieze Standing upon tapering square section legs United by a lower, ripple-edged gallery tier The top opening with a smooth swivel and fold action...