A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CARD TABLE A very rare and charming mid 18th century mahogany card table of unusually small size, having a fold-over top with lobed corners, opening to reveal a cross-banded green baize lined interior with mahogany circular dished corners and mahogany oval concave compartments to each side, above a cross-veneered concertina action frieze; on lapped turned tapering legs terminating in pad feet. Note: An example of similar size, formerly in the Percival D. Griffiths collection is illustrated in Macquoid and Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture.’ English, circa 1740 Height: 27 ½ in; 70 cm Width: 24 in; 61 cm Depth (Closed): 12 in; 30.5 cm Literature: R. W. Symonds, ‘English Furniture from Charles II to George II’, London, 1929, p.171, fig.128. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, London, 1954, p.198, fig. 18.