A 19th century New Zealand specimen wood parquetry dodecagonal table possibly by Winks and Hall of Auckland In the manner of Anton Seuffert, inlaid with a central stellar of various indigenous woods including kauri, mangeao, towai and rimu on a rewarewa ground, the base in Australian cedar with spirally turned shaft and tripod legs carved with leaves and flowerheads on scroll feet, 45cm diameter, 70cm high. Closely related examples by the celebrated cabinet-maker Anton Seuffert (1815-1887) of geometric inlaid tripod tables are illustrated in B.Peet, The Seuffert Legacy, pp. 111-114. Seuffert intended his similar tables as drawing or sitting room furniture and referred to them as card tables, probably for depositing business or postal cards on rather than for playing cards. Seuffert almost exclusively made circular tables and used concave rather than convex mouldings. The use of well-seasoned cedar as a carcase wood, as in this example, has meant that the top has survived in a better state due to its low moisture content, as opposed to those produced in the sapwood rimu or kauri.