Yola Gray Antiques

Description

This is a fine quality antique English Georgian oak coffee table, featuring a central drawer, measuring 3ft 6” long and displaying a lovely rich colour, circa 1820, in excellent condition.

Summary:
Item: Oak Coffee Table
Circa: 1820
Period: Victorian
Provenance: England, UK
Wood: Solid Oak & Elm
Width: 3ft 6”
Georgian design
Adapted from a larger table
Three-plank moulded top
Single working drawer
Brass “swan-neck” handle Reeded elm legs
Decorative fretwork corbels
Mortice & tenon pegged construction
Lovely rich oak colour
Original polish & patination
Solid in joint
Excellent condition
Free delivery to England, Wales & southern Scotland
14-day Free UK returns policy

Description:
This is a fine quality antique English Georgian oak coffee table, featuring a central drawer, measuring 3ft 6” long and displaying a lovely rich colour, circa 1820, in excellent condition. The Georgian table has been adapted from a larger taller table, in order to serve at a coffee table height and size. The rectangular coffee table measures 3ft 6” wide by 1ft 6⅛” deep. The antique oak low table incorporates a triple-plank moulded oak top, above a straight elm frieze, which incorporates a single moulded working drawer. The drawer is constructed with oak drawer linings. The drawer features a lovely brass swan-neck handle, set against a decorative backplate. The oak coffee table is raised on four elm legs, featuring fine mouldings and decorative fretwork corbels to the underside of the table. The table has been constructed in the traditional manner, with mortice and tenon joints. It is solid in joint and ready to use.

This Georgian oak coffee table displays a rich oak colour. As it boasts the original polish, it has a fantastic colour patination which can only be achieved through age and years of care and cleaning it has received.

This Georgian oak coffee table, would look good in either a traditional or contemporary setting, for formal or everyday use, as a coffee table / centre table and radiates timeless character and charm. It would certainly grace any home or office and is a great investment as it is extremely functional.

History of the Coffee Table:
In Europe, the first tables specifically designed as and called coffee tables, appear to have been made in Britain during the late Victorian era. According to the listing in Victorian Furniture by R. W. Symonds & B. B. Whineray and also in The Country Life Book of English Furniture by Edward T. Joy, a table designed by E. W. Godwin in 1868 and made in large numbers by William Watt, and Collinson and Lock, is a coffee table.[4] If this is correct, it may be one of the earliest made in Europe. Other sources list it only as a "table", so this cannot be stated categorically. Far from being a low table, this table was about twenty-seven inches high.

Later coffee tables were designed as low tables, similar to ones used in tea houses. As the Anglo-Japanese style was popular in Britain throughout the 1870’s and 1880’s, and low tables were common in Japan, this seems to be a likely source for the concept of a long low table. Furthermore, with the increased number of coffee houses in England, demand for low “coffee” tables also increase. This led to English cabinetmakers designing sofas and couches to stand in front of a centre table in the living room, which further influenced the desire for coffee tables within British homes.

From the late 19th century onward, many coffee tables were subsequently made in earlier styles due to the popularity of revivalism, so it is quite possible to find Louis XVI-style coffee tables or Georgian-style coffee tables, but there seems to be no evidence of a table actually made as a coffee table before this time. Joseph Aronson in 1938 defined a coffee table as a "low wide table now used before a sofa or couch", adding "there is no historical precedent", perhaps suggesting they came late in the history of furniture. With the increasing availability of television sets from the 1950s onward, coffee tables came into their own, since they are low enough, even with cups and glasses on them, not to obstruct the view of the TV.

Condition Report:
This is a fine quality antique English Georgian oak coffee table, featuring a central drawer, measuring 3ft 6” long and displaying a lovely rich colour, circa 1820, in excellent condition. The Georgian table has been adapted from a larger taller table, in order to serve at a coffee table height and size. There are no breaks to the frame or legs. The drawer is in good working order and closes flush to the frame. Nominal old use marks to the leading edges, but nothing significant considering its age. As this oak coffee table boasts the original polish, it has a fantastic mellow colour and patination. This 19th century coffee table is well constructed, solid in joint and ready to use.

Dimensions:
Height = 46cm / 18⅛” / 1ft 6⅛”
Width = 104cm / 41” / 3ft 5”
Depth = 46cm / 18⅛” / 1ft 6⅛”

Price:
The price for this item is £745 which includes free delivery to mainland England, Wales & southern Scotland and 14-day free UK returns.

Customer Service:
We offer customer satisfaction through the following services:
Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland
14-day free UK Returns
Full money back assurance
Worldwide shipping
Full insurance of items in transit

Further Information:
For more information or photographs please email or call Yola Gray Antiques.

Free UK Delivery:
We offer free delivery to mainland England, Wales, and Southern Scotland (anywhere south of Stirling). We do not offer free delivery to locations north of Stirling in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or any British Islands off the mainland for example, the Isle of Man, Isle of White and Channel Islands. If you live in one of the areas where we do not offer free delivery, please contact us for a delivery quote before purchasing the item. Delivery will be made by our specialised antique furniture delivery service, or in some cases we will use a courier service for distant deliveries.

Delivery times are usually 1-4 weeks depending on location we aim to deliver the majority of items within 2 weeks. All items are professionally packaged and fully insured in transit therefore, we can assure you, your items will be securely protected in transit and arrive safely with you.

Once you have purchased an item, we will contact you by email and/or telephone and provide you with a provisional delivery date, in order for you to confirm if it is suitable for you. Once you have confirmed you can accept delivery on the provisional delivery date, we will book the delivery in with our shippers and it then becomes a confirmed delivery date.

We will also provide you with our shippers' contact details, in case you need to contact the driver on the day of delivery. It's helpful if you can provide us with both the landline and mobile telephone number, in case the driver cannot reach you on one of the numbers on the day of delivery, they can contact you on your alternative number.

In order to be able to offer you free delivery, it is based on a 1-man delivery only. For any large items that require 2 people to lift the item, we ask that you are available at the time of delivery to be able to give our shipper a lift off the van and into your house with the item. If you are not able to lift items yourself, we ask that you have someone on hand at the time of delivery to assist our shipper with lifting the item.

14-Day free UK Returns & Refunds:
A 14-day free UK “no quibble” returns policy (from the date you receive the item) is available if you are not happy with this item. We will collect the item free of charge from you (we do not charge a return fee / collection fee). You will be given a full refund as long as the item is returned in the same condition. We will collect returns using our own specialist furniture delivery company. We will not accept returns via a courier service (due to experience of damaged items in transit). This refund policy only applies to deliveries to the UK.

UK Buyer Payment:

For UK buyers, we accept cash on collection or delivery cheque, credit card, BACS (free bank to bank transfer) or PayPal. Payment is requested within 5 days of the sale. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered.
International Buyers:
If you live outside the UK and you would like to purchase this item, please contact us before purchasing it, so that we can obtain an accurate shipping quote and delivery lead-time. The shipping quote provided is a global estimate only. The actual shipping cost will vary by country and postcode. Due to the distances and costs involved with shipping outside the UK, a returns policy is therefore not available for international buyers. Before placing your order(s) please make sure this is the item for you. We request payment by bank transfer (we do not accept payment via PayPal, credit or debit cards for international purchases). Payment is requested within 10 days of the purchase. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered to our shippers. The advertised price of the item does not include the shipping cost, sales tax, import duty or custom fees.

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About the Seller:
This item is being sold by Yola Gray Antiques who is an accredited member of LAPADA (the UK’s largest Trade Association of Professional Art and Antique Dealers) and CINOA. CINOA is the world association of Art & Antique dealer associations. All LAPADA & CINOA members abide by their strict code of practice by adhering to reputable standards of quality, expertise and integrity.

Yola Gray has dealt in fine art and antique furniture for over 45 years. Yola Gray has a special interest in colonial furniture, specifically antique four poster beds. Yola Gray also provides a variety of fine English antique furniture, art and fabrics to clients in the UK, Europe and further afield.

Please visit the Yola Gray website at for further items and information.

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