A GEORGE I COCUS AND LABURNUM WOOD CARD TABLE
WITH BOOK MATCHED & QUARTER VENEERED TOP, SHOWING THE VARIANTS IN THIS EXOTIC WOOD THAT WAS SO HIGHLY PRIZED IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY. NOW BEAUTIFULLY FADED, WITH A DRY SURFACE PATINA. THE CONCERTINA ACTION BACK LEGS GIVE A STABILITY TO THE TABLE WHEN UNFOLDED, REVEALING A LINEN LAID INTERIOR. THE LEGS HAVE A SIMPLE LAPPED KNEE, PERFECTLY RESTRAINED AGAINST THE HIGHLY FIGURED TIMBER, TERMINATING IN PAD FEET.
A GEORGE I COCUS AND LABURNUM WOOD CARD TABLE
WITH BOOK MATCHED & QUARTER VENEERED TOP, SHOWING THE VARIANTS IN THIS EXOTIC WOOD THAT WAS SO HIGHLY PRIZED IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY. NOW BEAUTIFULLY FADED, WITH A DRY SURFACE PATINA. THE CONCERTINA ACTION BACK LEGS GIVE A STABILITY TO THE TABLE WHEN UNFOLDED, REVEALING A LINEN LAID INTERIOR. THE LEGS HAVE A SIMPLE LAPPED KNEE, PERFECTLY RESTRAINED AGAINST THE HIGHLY FIGURED TIMBER, TERMINATING IN PAD FEET.