A dark brown wooden drop-leaf table with turned legs and a central stretcher bar, styled in a warm, neutral-toned living room next to a beige armchair.

Inlaid Regency-Style Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sofa Table (historically known as a Sofa Table or Pembroke Table)

$1,200.00
$1,200.00 $2,400.00
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A dark brown wooden drop-leaf table with turned legs and a central stretcher bar, styled in a warm, neutral-toned living room next to a beige armchair.
  • A dark brown wooden drop-leaf table with turned legs and a central stretcher bar, styled in a warm, neutral-toned living room next to a beige armchair.
  • A dark brown wooden drop-leaf table with turned legs and a central stretcher bar, styled in a warm, neutral-toned living room next to a beige armchair.
Inlaid Regency-Style Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sofa Table (historically known as a Sofa Table or Pembroke Table)

Inlaid Regency-Style Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sofa Table (historically known as a Sofa Table or Pembroke Table)

$1,200.00
$1,200.00 $2,400.00

Style & Period Information

1. Historical Style & Period

  • Item Name / Nomenclature: Inlaid Regency-Style Mahogany Drop-Leaf Sofa Table (historically known as a Sofa Table or Pembroke Table)[cite: 1.1.20, 1.2.2].

  • Era: Regency Period (typically early 19th Century, Circa 1810–1830) or a high-quality late 19th/early 20th-century revival[cite: 1.1.20].

  • Style: Regency / Empire Revival[cite: 1.1.20]. Marked by neoclassical proportions, symmetry, rich exotic timbers, and Greco-Roman-inspired motifs like lions' paws, lyres, and starbursts[cite: 1.1.20, 1.2.2].

  • Function: Sofa Table. Designed to sit directly behind or alongside a sofa to hold reading materials, writing implements, or tea service, featuring space-saving drop leaves that can be raised to increase surface area[cite: 1.1.20].

2. Key Architectural & Decorative Features

  • Inlaid Drop-Leaf Design: Crafted from mahogany with fine decorative inlay borders (commonly satinwood, ebony, or boxwood) along the rectangular top and falling drop leaves[cite: 1.1.20].

  • Turned Central Stretcher: Supported by a robust, intricately turned stretcher with baluster and collar details that links the trestle ends[cite: 1.1.20].

  • Lions' Paw Feet: Rests on fluted splayed legs ending in cast brass or bronze lions' paw feet on casters, a signature neoclassical detail[cite: 1.1.20].

  • Deep Drawer Apron: Often featuring false or working drawers on the apron with brass pulls (hidden in this camera angle)[cite: 1.1.20].

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