Examples from our gallery:
 | Very fine, Regency period, brass inlaid, rosewood center table (Item No. 847)
The circular tilt top with elaborate arabesque banding, finely molded apron, foliate carved and turned rosewood grained stem, incurvate triangular plinth, brass scroll feet, casters. Circa 1805.
Literature: see Margaret Jourdain's definitive book, Regency Furniture: 1795-1830 (revised by Ralph Fastnedge, 1965) illustrates a high-style rosewood center table with similar lobed pedestal, gadrooned collar and extensive brass inlay closely related to that on this lot, page 73, fig. 162.
Dimensions: 29" high by 48¼" diameter
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 | Rare, Catalan, Baroque period caixa (Item No. 820)
In solid, carved walnut with boxwood inlay. Having original hinged top of a single walnut board opening to reveal a partial compartment, the front with a hidden cupboard door opening to reveal three drawers. Late 17th or early 18th century.
Dimensions: 25" high by 58" wide by 23½" deep
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 | Catalan, Baroque period, marquetry-inlaid, slant-front bureau (Item No. 816)
In walnut veneer with boxwood inlay, monogram surmounted by a crown. Two small external drawers above three long drawers, with an additional six interior drawers behind fold-down writing compartment. First half of the 18th century.
Dimensions: 49½" high by 46" wide by 23½" deep
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 | French, Louis XVI period tric-trac table (Item No. 718)
In solid, carved mahogany with flame mahogany veneer, gilt bronze trim, and tapered, fluted legs. Backgammon surface in ebony with ivory inlay. Leather top reverses to reveal felt playing surface for cards. Circa 1780.
Dimensions: 47" long by 27" deep by 28" high
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