This pair of tables by the Edinburgh firm Young, Trotter and Hamilton were made for the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the royal residence in Edinburgh, for Charles-Philippe, comte d’Artois (1757 – 1836), the future Charles X of France and the youngest brother of Louis XVI. The comte, who had incurred large debts on the Continent, was offered refuge at Holyroodhouse in 1796, where he stayed until 1803. Supplied to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1796