Live Auction 5347Christie's Interiors- Style & Spirit
A MAHOGANY UNIVERSAL TABLE
Lot 74

A MAHOGANY UNIVERSAL TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed26 February 2008

Price Realised

GBP 1,875

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A MAHOGANY UNIVERSAL TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With a rectangular top and draw-leaves above a panelled frieze with one true and five false drawers on tapering turned and boldly reeded legs with brass capped castors, stamped underneath the table top 'J.J. CAFFRY'
29in. (74cm.) high; 44in. (111cm.) wide; 33½in. (86cm.) deep

Specialist note

This table relates to Thomas Sheraton's design for 'A Universal Table' (see illustration). In The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, the table is described as serving the purposes of both breakfast and dining table.