491 - Y A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD, WALNUT, COROMANDEL AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLEPOSSIBLY BY J & G. TROLLOPE, CIRCA 1850The top with arabesque marquetry including, maple, harewood, purpleheart, and silky oak72cm high, 136cm diameterBy the beginning of the 1850s George Trollope and Sons were well established cabinet makers, as illustrated by their exhibits in the 1851 Great Exhibition. Their display included a 'sideboard elaborately carved in oak representing hunting and fishing' and although not mentioned in the catalogue, the jury reports referred to 'bed and toilet furniture', of which the marquetry work on the toilet mirror and chest were praised by Digby Wyatt. About 20 different woods were used in this bed & toilet furniture including 'holly, cornwood, tulip, sandal, purplewood, ebony, Barbary wood, Russian maple, mulberry, kingwood, amboynas, walnut and porcupine wood' [1851 exhibits illus. The Decorative Arts Society (2001), p. 88 & Meyer (2006), p.32].

Y A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD, WALNUT, COROMANDEL AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLEPOSSIBLY BY J & G. TROLLOPE, CIRCA 1850The top with arabesque marquetry including, maple, harewood, purpleheart, and silky oak72cm high, 136cm diameterBy the beginning of the 1850s George Trollope and Sons were well established cabinet makers, as illustrated by their exhibits in the 1851 Great Exhibition. Their display included a 'sideboard elaborately carved in oak representing hunting and fishing' and although not mentioned in the catalogue, the jury reports referred to 'bed and toilet furniture', of which the marquetry work on the toilet mirror and chest were praised by Digby Wyatt. About 20 different woods were used in this bed & toilet furniture including 'holly, cornwood, tulip, sandal, purplewood, ebony, Barbary wood, Russian maple, mulberry, kingwood, amboynas, walnut and porcupine wood' [1851 exhibits illus. The Decorative Arts Society (2001), p. 88 & Meyer (2006), p.32]. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The import of lots that are subject to CITES regulations are banned in certain countries. Please check your country's import regulations before bidding. For further details on CITES regulations www.gov.uk/guidance/cites-imports-and-exports.