Games Table
ca. 1825 (designed and made)
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Small tables which could be used for several functions were fashionable from about 1810. This games table is fitted with boards for playing backgammon and chess inside the sliding top.Very similar games tables were made from September 1824 by the Lancaster firm of Gillow & Co., for their London branch. They may have made this example.The design and decoration of the table shows that the classical revival style remained fashionable in the 1820s. The architectural form of the legs and rectangular feet decorated with scrolls, the use of acanthus leaves around the legs, and the gadrooned, or lobed, decoration around the base are typical of this style, which was based on designs from Ancient Greece and Rome. Carving, the dominant decorative technique on this table, became increasingly popular for furniture in Britain from the 1820s.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Rosewood, ebony, box and vellum, on a carcase of mahogany, decorated with carving and inlay |
| Brief description | Games table; rosewood, ebony, boxwood and vellum, veneered on a carcase of mahogany. Designed and made in Britain, ca. 1825, possibly by Gillow & Co. |
| Physical description | Games table in mahogany with two drawers, decorated with carving and inlay. The legs and the rectangular feet are decorated with scrolls and acanthus leaves. Lobed decoration around the base. |
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| Summary | Small tables which could be used for several functions were fashionable from about 1810. This games table is fitted with boards for playing backgammon and chess inside the sliding top.Very similar games tables were made from September 1824 by the Lancaster firm of Gillow & Co., for their London branch. They may have made this example.The design and decoration of the table shows that the classical revival style remained fashionable in the 1820s. The architectural form of the legs and rectangular feet decorated with scrolls, the use of acanthus leaves around the legs, and the gadrooned, or lobed, decoration around the base are typical of this style, which was based on designs from Ancient Greece and Rome. Carving, the dominant decorative technique on this table, became increasingly popular for furniture in Britain from the 1820s. |
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| Accession number | W.36:1 to 4-1972 |
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| Record created | December 18, 2006 |
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