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ANTIQUE #SA1114717

Pair Of George III Rosewood And Brass Mounted Card Tables

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Circa 1800. A pair of late George III Rosewood and brass mounted card tables, with rectangular hinged tops with rounded corners to the front, open to reveal a felt lined interior with rosewood banding, the facings and frieze with a gilded brass beading, back legs are hinged and swing out to support the table tops when open, all resting on four square tapering rosewood legs with the tops capped with a small brass beaded panel. Provenance; Montgomerie House.
 
Montgomerie House
 
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, built Coilsfield House, later Montgomerie House on the site of Coilsfield Castle in 1801. Robert Burns wrote about Coilsfield and the Montgomerie family in his poems about Mary Campbell (Highland Mary). The property passed into the Arthur family in around 1900 and subsequently burnt down after the Arthur family sold it in 1969 but fortunately, they retained some of the furniture and furnishings.
 
Hugh Montgomerie commissioned furniture from Gillow...
Antique SA1114717 shown on this page was made in 1880. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1880
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