Object Description
No 11157
George III Mahogany Deception Table in the form of a Pembroke Table with false leaves one of which drops down to reveal two compartments, the whole raised on square tapered legs terminating in brass cups and casters.
Circa 1780
Price: £1,600-00p.
NB. It is interesting to see the text from Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary where he goes into the use of these tables in some detail.
Height: 28”, 71 cms / Width: 24”, 61 cms / Depth: 13.75”, 35 cms.
Literature:
Sheraton, T. (1804). Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary, Volume I. London, UK: Praeger Publishers. P 192.
Sheraton, T. (1804). Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary, Volume II. London, UK: Praeger Publishers. Plate 46.