Wood & Hogan Sheraton Style Mixed Exoctic Woods Inlaid "Norfolk" Tray Table

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This rich and regal Wood & Hogan tray table was inspired by an 18th century original tray in the personal … Read more This rich and regal Wood & Hogan tray table was inspired by an 18th century original tray in the personal collection of a prominent internationally known British antique dealer.
The Norfolk tray table is unique in its tremendously intricate design. The strikingly beautiful central oval of rare, exotic Thuya wood is accentuated by twenty-eight radials of handsome Fruitwood. Each radial is artistically shaded by dipping one edge into hot sand which creates an illusion of motion and third dimension. Surrounding these radials are inlays of green stained, demi-lunes of Sycamore. Two borders of delicately figured Satinwood are precisely edged with inlays of Kingwood and Rosewood accentuated by Boxwood and Ebony lines. The scalloped gallery is meticulously veneered on both sides with elegant Satinwood. The handles, copied faithfully from the original, are made using the painstaking "lost wax" method. The oval shape table base, designed in the Sheraton manner, beautifully complements the tray with matching crossbandings of Rosewood and oval Thuya inlays at the top of each tapering leg.
Each tray table requires more than 100 hours of cabinetwork by the most skilled English cabinetmaker. Additional hours are needed for cutting the various components, forging and chasing the brass handles and hand-polishing the final creation to its truly lustrous finish.
It can be said without fear of contradiction that this is not so much a piece of furniture, as it is a work of art!

A very unique, intricately designed and hand-crafted English made, this Sheraton Style Mixed Exoctic Woods Inlaid "Norfolk" Tray Table. Mixed Fruitwoods include the Morrocan Thuya, Satinwood, Rosewood ,
Kingwood, Boxwood, Ebony
Construction requires hundreds of hours by the finest English artisans. More of a striking piece of art than a piece of furniture. Oval Tray is 3" high to the top of the handles. Scallop gallery is one inch high.
Made for and Retailed by Wood & Hogan, New York for over USD $17000
Measures 38.5" in width, 26" in depth and 21" in height to the top of the tray handles. See less