Pair of George III Period Inlaid Satinwood & Coromandel Games Tables

Period of GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE

Country: England

Date: Circa 1780 - 1790

Medium: Satinwood

Dimensions

Height: 73.00cm (28.74 inches)

Width: 91.00cm (35.83 inches)

Depth: 46.00cm (18.11 inches)

Main description

The D-shaped satinwood tops are cross banded with wide coromandel bands, cross banded with satinwood, boxwood and ebony stringing. The tables have been recently re-baized in a deep burgundy colour with blind tooling. The shallow frieze is decorated with kingwood cross banding and ebony and boxwood stringing with a centre panel which is cross banded with a parquetry style lozenge. The tables stand on fine tapered legs which are inlaid with rosewood parquetry style panels and rosewood diamond-cut lozenges.<br />