George III Industrial and Work Tables

Elegant English inspired satinwood demilune console table with Fine classical swagged marquetry inlay on the top, drawer and sides, raised on tapering legs with brass caps. Dimen...

Beautiful Art Deco dressing table and its small chair in Macassar ebony veneer by the decorator Claude de Plasse. In the center, a large mirror is surroun...

Stylish French Art Deco period washstand or vanity featuring a patinated bronze finish and Carrara marble shelves. Crafted from an iron frame with fitted bronze round sleeves on the ...

A vintage 1950s dressing table which can also be used as a desk or sideboard, designed by AJ Milne for Heals. The Satinwood veneer has a unique shimmering fin...

Mahogany dressing table the original bevelled mirror plate in a moulded sheild shaped frame between shaped supports with a short drawer below. To the l...

A French Industrial style mechanical architect's drafting table with original green lacquered metal base and large solid elmwood top. The platform is fully modular: using the wood pedal on the front it is possible to raise and lower the top and it may be tilted to any angle, from flat to vertical. The wood drawing surface has an nice patina with some old ink marks and there is a large wood trough...

19th century walnut two tier washstand / industrial or work table with divided drawer and spacious open bottom storage. Measures : 29.5" in width, 16.5" in depth and 28" tall in the...

A fine quality Edwardian period sewing work table, exquisitely handcrafted in England at the turn of the 19th / 20th century. The extraordinary table features exceptional attenti...

Beautiful and precious Biedermeier side table, due to the very particular design and its excellent "patina". The side table is an octagonal sewing table; his hat can be raised with ...

Small English dressing table from the first half of the 20th century. Furniture carved and inlaid in mahogany, maple and fruitwood of beautiful line and pleasant decor. Dressing tabl...

A very nice earl Victorian Burl walnut sewing stand and work table in very good condition. This unique piece has a fold out writing or work surface under...

This is a fine antique George III mahogany and marquetry library table, circa 1780 in date. The table features beautiful floral and scrolling foliate marquetry throughout, with flame mahogany marquetry panels and gonçalo alves crossbanding. The rectangular top is fitted with the original emerald green gold tooled inset leather writing surface above a pair of crossbanded frieze drawers, raised on square tapered legs. It is freestanding, finished on all sides, so that it can stand freely in the middle of a room, making it extremely suitable for a large home or office. Complete with original brass handles, working locks and keys. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, and only shows minor signs of wear commensurate with age and use. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 76 x width 144 x depth 84 Dimensions in inches: Height 29.9 x width 56.7 x depth 33.1 Marquetry is decorative artistry where pieces of material (such as wood, pewter or brass silver) of different colours are inserted into surface wood veneer to form intricate patterns such as scrolls or flowers. The technique of veneered marquetry had its inspiration in 16th century Florence. Marquetry elaborated upon Florentine techniques of inlaying solid marble slabs with designs formed of fitted marbles, jaspers and semi-precious stones. This work, called opere di commessi, has medieval parallels in Central Italian "Cosmati"-work of inlaid marble floors, altars and columns. The technique is known in English as pietra dura, for the "hardstones" used: onyx, jasper, cornelian, lapis lazuli and colored marbles. In Florence, the Chapel of the Medici at San Lorenzo is completely covered in a colored marble facing using this demanding jig-sawn technique. Techniques of wood marquetry were developed in Antwerp and other Flemish centers of luxury cabinet-making during the early 16th century. The craft was imported full-blown to France after the mid-seventeenth century, to create furniture of unprecedented luxury being made at the royal manufactory of the Gobelins, charged with providing furnishings to decorate Versailles and the other royal residences of Louis XIV. Early masters of French marquetry were the Fleming Pierre Golle and his son-in-law, André-Charles Boulle, who founded a dynasty of royal and Parisian cabinet-makers (ébénistes) and gave his name to a technique of marquetry employing brass with pewter in arabesque or intricately foliate designs. Flame mahogany Thomas Sheraton - 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as "best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works...