A superb mid 19th century gonçalo alves, amboyna inlaid, centre table of exhibition quality.The circular top is quarter veneered with amboyna and profusely decorated around the perimeter. The ebony, walnut, boxwood, amboyna, satinwood and mother of pearl inlays that surround the edge are bordered and crossbanded in gonçalo alves and ebony. The Greek god Bacchus is depicted and flanked with mythical winged griffins and centred with a harp shaped motif. The figures are surrounded with bunches of flowers, scrolls and swags. The inlay is sharp and crisp and framed within an ebony border. The tilt-top table has a shallow frieze made of solid gonçalo alves mouldings that have been shaped and rounded. The table top sits above an inlaid triform pedestal base. Each panel to the pedestal is framed with gonçalo alves veneers with graduated solid ebony gadrooned mouldings. The pedestal sits on an inlaid triform plinth base with rounded bun feet supports. The rounded corners to ...