Cedar foldover card table c 1845

• This very fine, early card table is in very good condition. It is all original, apart from the baize on the playing surface (which is nonetheless more than 100 years old)..

• The foldover, swivel top is supported by an elegant, vase-turned pedestal which is fixed by tenons to a quadriform base. The join between pedestal and base is covered by a deeply moulded collar. The table rests on concealed casters.

• The top is a single plank of highly-figured, ribbon cedar. The interior of the top surrounding the baize, the edge of the top, the skirt below the top, and the sides of the concave, quadriform base are all cross-banded, again with ribbon cedar. The top of the base is ribbon cedar veneer on solid 2” thick cedar.

• The only “secondary” timber (used solely on the roundels on the top of each corner of the base) is believed to be white cedar (Melia azedarach).

• The table is a rich plum-red colour. The finish is original. The table’s neat proportions are reminiscent of illustrations by King (1830), Loudon (1833), and Smee (1850). See Joyce, Pictorial Dictionary of 19th Century British Furniture, p 491, 492, 495.

• Dimensions: Height 30”; Depth: 15”; Width: 30”.

• Price: POA