A George III mahogany fold-over card table, in the Chippendale style,18th century, the serpentine top above a flower and ribbon carved frieze with pierced and scrolled corner brackets, raised on square tapering linen fold legs, 73 cm high, 91 cm wide, 45 cm deep, PROVENANCEChristie's Melbourne, Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts, June 19 - 20, 2000, lot 180A., Note:, Inscribed under the felt baize in pencil ""My Own Work / Thomas Chippendale St. Martin's Lane / 1752"" and further inscribed with a sketch of two chairs, one with a typical Chippendale back, the other with emphasis on the claw and ball foot.