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For more info, visit M. Markley Antiques on the Web! This dining table is unlike anything we have seen in terms of its oval shape and range of decoration. While this table was originally designed to extend using leaves, these have been lost to history although the separation joint remains, as seen in the photograph. Because of the oval shape and curved stretchers, we have described this as a Louis XIV style table although our research reveals no precise lineage. It is made of solid walnut. The top is a particularly beautiful example of the depth and richness of patina offered by old-growth walnut. It is devoid of the cigarette burns and other indignities so common to 19th century furniture. The frieze just below the top is made up of intricately hand-carved acanthus leaves, lending the table a formal and sophisticated air. The legs are square in shape and taper to a smaller dimension below the fluted capital. The stretchers are ornamented by a low-relief beading, sort of a cross between gadrooning and dentil moulding. At the intersection of the stretchers is a hand-carved ornament resembling a mound of acanthus leaves and tying together not only the entire decorative vocabulary of the table but also its supporting structure. At the base of each leg a repair has been made to stabilize the leg and stretcher. The repair is modern and is not visible except on very close examination. It has been deftly executed, involving a customized aluminum bracket. Because of its compact size, this table would work well in a kitchen or a small dining room. Visit M. Markley Antiques on the Internet for a broader selection of French antique furniture in the Gothic, Renaissance, Henri II, Louis XIII and Louis XIV styles as well as useful resources about French antique furniture and traveling to France.
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