The rectangular top with well figured woods, having twin flaps above a frieze drawer with original brass handle, and a lower Gothic fretwork-enclosed compartment opening to the front with a pair of concave doors, the whole raised on square chamfered legs ending on brass and leather castors; retaining 2 keys; the drawer inscribed 407

Condition : Excellent with minor nicks and scratches according to age and usage;

minor repairs to the open fretwork; minor shrinkage to leaves (expected)

Note :

The first supper table was ordered from Thomas Chippendale by the Countess of Pembroke in 1750, as a small breakfast table for the bedroom, with a protected housing for the foods.  Sometimes they had supports for shelves, as well as a rear door for emptying.

These small tables often served varied purposes, including writing. 

Ref :

An identical example, including the fretwork design, is shown in Thomas Chippendale's 1754 & 1762 Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director, Breakfast Tables, as shown below. It is also illustrated in MacQuoid & Edwards Dictionary of British Furniture, under the same heading, Figure 2.

The pattern for the Gothic fretwork is also pictured in Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director, Gothic Frets, Plate CXCVI

 
28” High x 23.25” Wide x 24” Deep

SOLD (before it could be photographed)

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