A CHINESE EXPORT ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE, CIRCA 1800

A CHINESE EXPORT ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
CIRCA 1800
The rounded rectangular twin-flap top with ebony and satinwood banding, above three frieze drawers, the supports terminating with rectangular panelled bases and splayed feet with brass caps and castors, two drawers indistinctly inscribed to the undersides 'Napoleon / writing table' in white chalk to one and pencil to the other, with label 'FINBOW & SONS LTD. CAMBRIDGE 05447'
29 ¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 59 ¼ in. (150.5 cm.) wide, open; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute, The Emperor Napoleon (according to inscription).
Charles Orr Stanley (1899-1989), 3 Lowndes Place, Belgravia, and subsequently Lisselan House, County Cork, Ireland, and by descent.

CHIEVELEY HOUSE, BERKSHIRE: THE PROPERTY OF MR. AND MRS. NICHOLAS STANLEY (LOTS 1 - 99)