George IV Serving Tables

Mid-Century Modern Italian brass and glass expandable serving cart.

A very fine 19th Century well figured mahogany dressing table attributed to 'Gillows'. This fabulous piece is stunningly hand carved, of exceptional quality and richly patinated wit...

- very practical - rare type

This beautiful Mahogany Serving Table is a great addition in the dining room. As a serving cart it features a brass gallery and fitted brass feet as well. Four satin wood banded draw...

George III Inlaid Mahogany and Satinwood Banded Demi-Lune Console / Serving Table. The serpentine-form top features an elegant two-tone sunburst inlay at center, framed by crossbande...

A rare rustic Swedish serving table with a sculptural feel. Generously sized top extending over a painted shelved base. Two end drawers with escutcheons in the form of hearts and a m...

Early 19th century Irish George III tall mahogany serpentine serving or console table, the moulded top raised over simple satinwood line inlaid frieze ...

An elegant George III mahogany rectangular serving table in the Adam Style, with horizontal reeded frieze and supported by six round straight legs, tapered with panels, terminating w...

Decorative Mid-Century Modern two-tier bar tea serving cart on large carriage style brass wheels. The lower level is 12" H.      

An unusual George IV specimen marble backgammon table attributed to Gillows. This rectangular table is strongly attributed to Gillows. It has a rectangular top inlaid with a central chess board flanked by two backgammon fields, all inlaid with a multitude of specimen marbles. One edge carved and gilded with the Latin motto ‘Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare’. The oak base has a drawer for cards and playing pieces, all raised on a square section support with four splayed legs and the original brass castors. English, circa 1830. Provenance: Geoffrey Bennison Ltd, London, November 1983 The Mermaid House Collection, St. John’s Wood, London Property of a gentleman Private American collection The form of the base of this table is related to several known Gillows commissions from the late Regency period and the quality of the cabinet work also suggests that firm attribution to the firm. Backgammon tables, rather than more general games tables, are unusual at this date and the use of inlaid specimen marbles in the top suggests a client of wealth. Additionally, the Latin text on the edge of the table provides further clues. The text, Turpe est in patria vivere et patriam ignorare, translates as “it is shameful to live in your homeland and not know it”. This phrase dates back to antiquity but rose to prominence once again in the mid-18th century when used by the botanist and key Enlightenment figure Carl Linnaeus in his work on the native flora of Sweden. The combination of this phrase and the use of native English timbers and marbles is promoting English raw materials and craftsmanship at a time when the noble and the wealthy were focussed on European pietra dura tables. Mermaid House in St John’s Wood was re-designed by Chester Jones...

A handsome English breakfront pedestal sideboard or serving console of flame-cut mahogany, featuring a moulded top over a frieze with two short drawers flanking a fitted breakfront c...

Original Biedermeier sewing table, circa 1825. Mahogany on solid softwood. Straight, two-handed frame box column on saber-4 legs. Four-sided table...