Object Description
An extremely rare and unusual early 19th. century Mahogany Library Folio or Chart Table with a gilt tooled leather lined easel top and removable book rest ledge over one frieze drawer raised on square section legs having X-section end stretchers and with large inset castors
Circa1825
Price :£ 12,500-00p.
H:29.5”,75 cms, W:58”,147.3 cms, D:31”,79 cms.
This table was made for a specific use and location. It has always been known as the Chart table by the previous owner’s family who are all descended from a long line of seafarers. The size and easel top would lend its design for examining admiralty charts