A George II cocuswood, walnut and banded side table

Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular quarter-veneered top above frieze drawers to each end, on slender cabriole lapetted legs and pad feet, with castors, stamped to one drawer, 'T.WILLSON 68 GREAT QUEENS STREET LONDON', 91cm wide, 52cm deep, 75cm high.



A related card table in cocuswood (traditionally thought to be laburnum) and dated circa 1710 can be seen illustrated in G.Beard & J.Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, page 52, figure 3. Another of similar form from Ickworth Park, Suffolk, is illustrated in P.Maquoid and R.Edwards ,The Dictionary of English Furniture, p.195, fig.8.



Thomas Willson is listed at 68 Great Queen Street, London as a furniture broker, auctioneer and appraiser (1799-1854). It has been suggested that the Willson's were good quality second-hand furniture dealers (brokers), although there is mention of a 'Furniture Works' in the 1838-54 entries which may be a reference to a repair workshop rather than a manufactory. See G.Beard & C.Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, p.985.