Circa1810. A late George III mahogany Pembroke/work table by ‘Bruce and Burns of Edinburgh’. The diminutive table with finely figured mahogany top with string inlay, two flaps with rounded corners, held open by wooden hinges, with a full-length drawer with a heraldic escutcheon, the top of the drawer with the name clearly stamped, beneath the drawer, there is a chequered inlay, resting on four elegant square tapering legs with string inlay
including an arched top, finishing on a brass cup and original brass castors.
… Burns, William South Bridge, Edinburgh; cabinet maker (fl. 1799-1813 ) Partner in the cabinet-making firm of Bruce and Burns, recorded at 16 South Bridge between 1799 … that they were successors to the firm of Braidwood
and Bruce, who moved to South Bridge St. in 1788. A card table …
Source: Dictionary of British and Irish Furniture Makers, 1500-1914(BIFMO) Burns, William (1799-1813)
73 cm High x 39 cm Wide (closed) 74 cm when open x 49 cm Deep
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