Writing table
Attributed to William Vile British
With its unusual top, folding back to reveal a writing surface, this elegant table is attributed to the highly successful London furniture maker William Vile (1715–1767). The sparing use of carved ornament shows a great appreciation for the lustrous figured mahogany and the serpentine outline is the embodiment of the Rococo style stripped down to its very essence.
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