A Napoleon III Thuya, kingwood and marquetry centre table, circa 1870, the rectangular top with rounded ends, finely inlaid with a classical centrepiece within a lattice field, the frieze with a drawer to one side, raised on fluted tapering supports, joined with a curving X-form stretcher with urn finial, bronze mounts to the edges of the top and the supports, 75 cm high, 128 cm wide, 79 cm deep. Provenance: retailed by Alston and brown, Melbourne, with label to interior of drawer