A rare William and Mary period marquetry and olivewood side table.

The top is beautifully inlaid with a central oval panel that features a large bowl of carnations, tulips and feeding birds set within a light coloured sycamore background. It is framed by four quarter-round floral reserves set into a ground of finely figured olivewood. It has sycamore crossbanding around the edge and the top terminates in a half-round cross-grain olivewood moulding.

The frieze features a single long oak lined drawer inlaid with further marquetry of tulips and foliage, with a central brass escutcheon, flanked by brass axe head handles.

The table stands on four elegant barley-twist ash legs, joined by walnut veneered cross stretchers. The legs terminate in four original turned bun feet.

Date: circa 1690

Height: 28 ½ in (72.4 cm)

Width: 37 in (94 cm)

Depth: 25 in (63.5 cm)

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