A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt metal mounted kidney shape table ambulant

A late 19th century French mahogany and gilt metal mounted kidney shape table ambulant, the pierced gallery to a Spanish Brocatelle marble top, the frieze drawer stamped 'HINDLEY & WILKINSON LTD', above an undertier and cabriole legs, 31.25in (79.5cm) h, 27.5in (69.7cm) w, 15.25in (39cm) d. Hindley & Wilkinson started in business as Charles Hindley & Sons, carpet, rug and floor cloth manufacturers at 32 Berners Street before acquiring the cabinet makers Miles & Edwards, 134 Oxford Street in 1844. The firm merged with Wilkinsons of Ludgate Hill in the third quarter of the 19th century, and were known to be trading as Hindley & Wilkinson in 1909.