Biltmore Estate Collection, Adam Style Paint Decorated Pembroke Table

By Heritage, late 20th century, mahogany, polychrome paint decoration, the top with children playing instruments surrounded by scroll and bead motifs, banded inlay, drop leaves with double butterfly supports, floral swag decoration, single drawer and straight legs with fluted edge, finished verso, marlboro feet, stencil labeled to underside.

28.5 x 22 x 27 in., each leaf 7 in.

This bachelor's table is a reproduction of an English 19th-century drop leaf table purchased by Mr. Vanderbilt in 1896 from Edwards and Roberts Furniture Dealers in London. The original table is located in the gentlemen's Smoking Room in Biltmore House, a room accessible through hidden doors from the Billiard Room after dinner. It was the Victorian custom for the gentlemen to retire to the "Bachelor's Wing" for billiards, brandy, and business conversation over cigars. This reproduction features the same rich mahogany veneer painted with neoclassical motifs as the original.

Right drop leaf with small chip near rule joint; small indent to top center of table.