Object Detail
Description
table, card, concertina action, serpentine form, fold-over top concealing an inset tooled leather surface above a conforming frieze with gadrooned borders, on tall cabriole legs with carved foliate clasps and scrolled feet. Card table veneered with mahogany, the top unfolds to be supported on apull-out concertina-action frame. Four cabriole legs with carved anthemion and husk decoration to knees; scroll feet; shallow serpentine edge; gadrooned apron. The table top has a new leather surface.
Maker and role
in the style of
Production place
England
Production date
circa 1755
Media description
Mahogany, leather
Measurements
695 x 950 x 950 mm (open)
Inscriptions
Storage company label underneath reads: "? WHITE & Co., Ltd., / Furniture Depositories / Name..... / No..... / LONDON, W.11. / Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester and Bournemouth."
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0034
TJC reference number
34
