Lot 319
SCOTTISH REGENCY MAHOGANY, ROSEWOOD AND AMBOYNA FOLDOVER TEA TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES MEIN OF KELSO
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 24 June 2015 at 11:00 BST
£1,750
Description
the pivoting foldover D-shape crossbanded top with a beaded edge above a deep frieze with bird's eye maple panels, raised on a turned column support on a leaf carved quatreform base and outswept legs ending in brass paw caps and castors
Dimensions
97cm wide, 76cm high, 49cm deep (closed)
Footnote
Note: the Mein family furniture making firm operated in Kelso from 1784 until 1851. The principle maker and patriarch James Mein died in 1830 and the business passed to his nephew, also called James, who ran the company until its bankruptcy in 1851. Known for producing furniture of high quality, they counted among their clients the 5th and 6th Dukes of Roxburghe for Floors Castle, and the Earl of Haddington for Mellerstain.