£3,000
Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art | 641
Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
in the French Empire style, the rectangular tray top above a frieze drawer to one end and a dummy drawer opposing, raised on gilt metal mounted column supports joined by a curved X-form stretcher, with ball feet
Note: It would be easy to mistake this flame-figured vide poche for a work table made in France or elsewhere on the continent during the Empire period. It's mahogany drawer linings and English made lock belie its origins however. The best-known cabinet-maker accurately replicating the French Empire style in England during the Regency period was S. Jamar (fl. circa 1818-26), who worked in London and Liverpool and produced work of very high quality. While unstamped, the present table could have come out of the same workshop due to its fine craftsmanship and top quality veneers.