λ A RARE ANGLO-CHINESE HUANGHUALI GAMES TABLE

λ A RARE ANGLO-CHINESE HUANGHUALI GAMES TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

inlaid with stringing and banding, the drop-leaf top with a reeded edge, with a sliding reversible centre inlaid with an ebony and boxwood chequer board to the underside, revealing a backgammon board, inlaid with ebony and bone, with parquetry squares and lozenges, above a camphorwood double sided frieze drawer, with bone handles, on trestle ends and swept legs, terminating in brass castors

77cm high, 65cm wide, 54.2cm deep

Catalogue Note

See Carl L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, pp. 236 and 237, pl.88 and 89, for two comparable examples with similar interiors. According to the author the interiors were based on a gaming box by Thomas Chippendale for Paxton House in 1774. A similar tables was sold in these rooms, Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks, 30th March 2022, lot 449, for £9,500 (hammer).