Late Regency Architects Drafting Table
Inventory Number: : 180-124 Price: SOLD
41 ins wide, 23 ins deep and minimum 30 1/2 ins high; maximum 46 1/2 ins high
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DESCRIPTIONThe rectangular top, ratcheted and with a removable folio bar that can be used in two positions above an interior well with recessed candle-arms, over a trestle base on original brass casters.
The table is manually adjustable in height as shown in the images, at ten different increments so it can be used for multiple functions: desk, drafting table, folio stand and standing desk.
With the dawn of the industrial revolution and the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century there was a fascination in England for metamorphic furniture that would display ingenuity, could satisfy multiple functions and most importantly would impress the viewer.
Interestingly the table still impresses.
English c. 1820
Provenance:
An Oxford College, deaccessioned 1996
Private Collection, New York
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