A RARE GEORGE II/GEORGE III YEW DEMI-LUNE FOLDING BOX-TOP TABLE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1730-1750.

The figured and burr yew folding top, opening to be a tea type table supported on a
knuckle jointed cabriole leg, the second top further hinged and opening to reveal an
elm lined box compartment with original wooden cased lock, butterfly hinges and
owner initials ‘H M’. The moulded curved frieze with original engraved escutcheon
above three further cabriole legs and original brackets on pad feet, 71cm high 83.5cm deep 87.5cm wide

Note - Demi Lune tea tables of this period are more commonplace in Mahogany and Walnut, being in Yew makes it much rarer, also being a locking box compartment table being more unusual

Provenance - Purchased from James Brett, Arthur Brett and Sons, Norwich, mid
1980’s.Show more

Condition

unusual to be a yew wood example, Of exceptionally fine colour and surface patination throughout.