Fine Furniture - 20th January 2026
Lot 197
λ AN ANGLO-CHINESE HUANGHUALI SOFA TABLE
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £6096
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Description
λ AN ANGLO-CHINESE HUANGHUALI SOFA TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
inlaid with stringing and satinwood banding, the drop-leaf top with a reeded edge above three frieze camphorwood lined drawers and a shaped apron on panelled trestle ends terminating in brass caps and castors
72cm high, 98cm wide, 61cm deep
Literature
For a very similar table see Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, '18th century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection' p.351. See also Carl L. Crossman, 'The Decorative Arts of the China Trade', p.237 for a related sofa / games table. A similar Chinese Export huanghuali sofa table was sold in these rooms, Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks, 15th January 2025, Lot.576 or £9,500 (hammer).