German rococo walnut center table with a parquetry veneered top, a skirt with leaf and shell carving, supported with cabtiole legs with carved shells ending with hoof feet.

Circa 1750

H – 29 1/2 “ W – 37 1/2 “ D – 25 “

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Rare English Regency Rent Table the circular top with tooled leather and a lifting well, the drawers with ivory knobs and letters the top supported with a central pedestal with down swept legs ending with brass casters. Rent tables were designed for use by landlords to receive their rents and file their receipts. This example by repute was used as a writing table in the Author's room of Greyson and Co. Dickens publishers where he wrote on occasion when visiting. Provenance purchased from a daughter of Dillon Ripley and Mary Livingston Ripley. He was the curator of the Smithsonian Institute for 30 years.

Circa 1810 – 1820

H – 30 3/4“ Diameter 42“

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New York classical marble top mahogany center table with stencil and gilt decoration.

Circa 1830

H – 28 3/4 “ Diameter 37 “

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Biedermeier fruitwood center table with three ebonized and gilt dolphin supports and paw feet.

Circa 1830.

H – 30” D – 38”

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Italian Specimen marble top center table with an American Rosewood Renaissance revival base, made for the top, probably when it arrived from some travelers Grand Tour.

Circa 1870-1880.

H – 28 1/4” D – 35”

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