A Very Rare and Fine Irish Georgian Sofa Table Stamped Gillington of Dublin

A very fine 19th Century Irish solid mahogany library table with a Strahan storage label and drawers numbered but attributed to 'Gillingtons of Dublin', of exceptional quality and fi...

A very fine early 19th Century Regency mahogany sofa table finely hand carved and of exceptional quality with rich patination and grain. The well figured moulded top, crossbanded wi...

A very fine early 19th century Regency mahogany sofa table, of gorgeous quality and beautifully hand carved with rich patination and grain. The well figured, moulded, reeded edge top...

A very fine 1920s mahogany desk or sofa table finely carved and of fabulous quality with rich patination and fine grain. The moulded top with reeded edge of rectangular form fitted w...

A very rare Irish Georgian solid mahogany drop leaf gate leg table of exceptional quality, finely hand carved with gorgeously rich patination and grain. The well figured moulded and...

A very fine Irish Georgian mahogany double drop leaf dining table, of exceptional quality, large proportions, in excellent condition and...

The circular top veneered in extremely well figured amboyna having a cross banded outer border. The top supported on a octagonal column, similarly veneered in amboyna, resting on a t...

A Very Good Quality George III Period Mahogany Sofa Table, Of Rare Diminutive Proportions, Having Well Figured Rectangular Top Having Drop Flap To Each End, Over One Long Drawer & One False Drawer To Reverse With Replacement Brass Handles, Raised On Square End Supports With Elegant High Stretcher And Four Sabre Legs Terminating On Original Brass Castors. This chamring little sofa table is of really unusual size, the kind of proportions which we have rarely come across before, but those proportions are absolutely great for both function and elegance. It is just about small enough to not dominate the centre of a room, or even to just tuck into a corner, whilst at the same time retaining a little presence. Its constructed from good quality mahogany timbers and instead of the two drawers at the front which is more commonly found on its full size counterparts it has just one elongated drawer and of course another false drawer to the reverse. Sofa tables were relatively commonly found throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and as the name suggests they were originally designed to sit behind a sofa, although a common misconception is that they were meant to butt right up against the sofa itself. Actually they were normally designed to sit a few feet away from the sofa, hence the false drawers on reverse. That said they also look quite happy pushed right up against the back of a sofa and are such useful, versatile items of furniture. As with all of our items this georgian mahogany sofa table...

Rosewood and inlaid and bordered with satinwood Georgian sofa table circa 1780. The quality of this table sets it out over others because of the attenti...

A Very good quality late 18th century Georgian mahogany sofa table, having superbly figured two flap top bearing crossbanded decoration, o...

Fine Regency mahogany sofa table inlaid with boxwood, with brass hardware. 41" W when leaves closed. Possibly Scottish.

Very rare pieces of furniture in very good condition. Steel and brass. we can offer a few different pieces of the directoire range.