POSSIBLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1825

Details

A NORTH EUROPEAN MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE
POSSIBLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1825
With circular reeded top above a reeded columnar base with outset square columnar supports
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, 58 in. (147.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Acquired from Didier Aaron, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Although at one point believed to be English, the use of poplar as a primary wood, the construction, and the robust architectural form of this table suggests that it is of north German manufacture. Designs for related center tables dated to the 1830s are illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Deutsche Möbelvorlagen 1800-1900, Munich, 1988, pp. 314-5, figs. 1425 and 1437.

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