A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY WINE TABLE

The extending fireside dining-table, popularly called a 'Gentleman'’s Social Table'’ since its introduction in the 1797 London Prices of Cabinet Work, was noted in J.C. Loudon's Encyclopaedia (1833) as being 'chiefly used by gentlemen after the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. This table is then placed in front of the fire...'