Queen Anne Mahogany Concertina Game Table

Description:

Queen Anne Mahogany Concertina Game Table, with early 18th century elements, and later adaptations to concertina action, with carved, tapering, circular section legs, ending in pad feet, the interior opening to gilt-tooled blue calf plain surface, ht. 29 1/4, wd. 37 1/2, closed dp. 17 3/4, open dp. 35 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

top French polished, interior likely with replaced calf, lacking the two candle sconces that would have screwed into either corner, underside fitted with a hidden sliding drawer, some vertical shrinkage cracks to veneer of frieze, age, typical minor scuffs and gouges, particularly to edges of feet.
serpentine front rail possibly replaced at time of adaptation to concertina action.

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