Important Regency Sofa Table by George Smith, Gillows London, Exotic Woods

A fine period Regency rosewood and brass inlayed sofa table. Two flap leaves. Opens to 5ft.

Fourth-quarter 19th century Signed to one bronze mount: F. Linke The flip-top game table with floral marquetry inlay, green felt interior surface, and gilt-bronze mounts raised...

A Regency period rosewood sofa games table attributed to Gillows of Lancaster; the top with rounded ends covered in the original distressed leather, with a central reversible chess board which can be removed to display a backgammon board beneath, the frieze with a dummy drawer retaining its original gilded handles and decorated with ormolu mounts; having elegant lyre ends raised on outswept legs terminating in acanthus cap castors. English, circa 1815. Provenance: Hermione Countess of Ranfurly The Countess of Ranfurly was the author of ‘To War with Whitaker’ her memoirs of life in Cairo with Eisenhower. Her husband was the 6th Earl of Ranfurly and the Governor General of Bahamas between 1953 and 1956. Footnote: The design for a rosewood sofa table in the sketch book of 13 April 1813, made for John Gladstone of Liverpool, father of the future Prime Minister, is published in Susan E Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2008 Vol I, p.265, pl. 270. When the firm made the ‘sofa backgammon table, to suit the above’ (p267, pls 272 and 273) no expense was spared. With the extra tooled morocco...

Late George III or Regency style sofa table, with shaped rectangular top above two short drawers, on a lyre-shaped support above four acanthus carved splay legs terminating in caster...