λ A ROSEWOOD AND MARQUETRY TABLE A ECRIRE IN LOUIS XVI STYLE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY EDWARD HOLMES BALDOCK with gilt bronze mounts, the crossbanded maple top inlaid with an oval panel depicting a sheperd with his flock within a floral ribbon tied rondel, the frieze drawer fitted with a leathe rlined slide and with a gilt metal inkwell and sander, the underside with branded initial 'E H B' for Edward Holmes Baldock 71.2cm high, 57cm wide, 36.7cm deep PROVENANCE Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) Edmund de Rothschild (1916 - 2009) The Trustees of Exbury House CATALOGUE NOTE Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1844) was a prominent London furniture dealer who numbered King George IV, William Beckford and the 5th Duke of Buccleuch as clients. He worked with cabinet makers such as George Trollope and Blake to provide Louis XV and XVI style pieces for his clients.