This elegant late Georgian card table, crafted from solid mahogany, was designed with both elegance and function in mind. A well-appointed side table with a serpentine shape when not in use, the table quickly transforms into a sturdy playing surface as the back accordion-hinged legs unfold to support the open table top. With the legs in place, a shelf slides out to reveal two decks of cards. This shelf, previously hidden underneath the stationary end of the table, also locks the back legs into place to keep the table stable. Card playing and gambling were very popular pastimes among the fashionable elite during the mid- to late Georgian era, and tables such as this were specially crafted and housed in some of the finest estates throughout G