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EARLY 20TH C CHINOISERIE RED LACQUERED, HAND PAINTED CHIPPENDALE TILT-TOP TABLE

$ 669.24

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Region of Origin: China
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Occasional table: Formal furniture & accessories
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Primary Material: Wood
  • Tripod legs: Hand carved legs
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Chamfered table support wooden cleats: Old brass tilt-top table hardware
  • Early, large dovetail leg construction: Padded feet tripod legs
  • Raised enamel, lacquered painted scene: Female figure in a landscape w/dwelling
  • Reeded, center pedestal base column: Heavy, thick dovetail mortise & tenons
  • Age: 1900-1940
  • Chinese Export: Made for international market
  • Condition: Good-Very Good overall antique cond: In quite well-preserved overall cond, w/perhaps a single, slight scuff to the red lacquer & hand painted Chinese figurative landscape realized on the tabletop surface. This early turn-of-the-cent, c 1900-1920 Chinese Export American Chippendale style tilt-top occasional table, was lacquered & antiqued, w/a wonderfully realized figurative landscape illustrated on its lg, rnd table top. This 18th c mahogany antique Chippendale style furniture has padded feet that support hand carved tripod legs that meet at a reeded, columnar, ascending pedestal, that's hinged to a wooden doweled mahogany wood block at the top, allowing the table top to lay flat or to rest in an upright position. Although this form of early American furniture, inspired by an earlier English form, fell out of favor in the 19th c, it enjoyed a revival of sorts, w/the return to fashion of the suddenly en vogue 'Chinoiserie,' Chinese decorated furniture & decorative accessories. Lovely.
  • Reeded, carved wooden center column: Old, antique brass hinge tabletop mechanism
  • Entire form painted w/red lacquer: Hand painted table top scene
  • Some areas beneath table have no paint: Gestural, kinetic Chinese figurative painting
  • Early 20th century: Circa 1900-1920
  • Earlier American Chippendale style table: Later Chinoiserie hand painted decoration
  • Maker: Unknown table maker, unknown painter
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Heavy impasto enamel paint: Entire table faux distressed (antiqued)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • No wood loss, breaks or fractures: Gold accent line & gold gilt embellishment
  • Am Chippendale antique tilt-top table: Pedestal mortise & tenon construction
  • Color: Red, w/hand painted Chinese scene

    Description

    EARLY 20TH CENTURY
    CHINOISERIE
    ANTIQUE RED LACQUERED, HAND PAINTED
    AME
    RI
    CAN
    CHIPPENDALE STYLE
    TILT-TOP
    OCCASIONAL TABLE,
    with
    HAND PAINTED TABLE TOP
    CHINESE
    LANDSCAPE
    of
    FEMALE
    FIGURE,
    TREES,
    MOUNTAINS
    &
    DWELLING
    [Recently found in a North Shore, MA fine estate]
    (Circa 1900-1920)
    Early 20th century
    Chinoiserie
    hand painted
    Ame
    ri
    can
    furniture & decorative accessories
    DIMENSIONS:
    Down Position:
    30" in Height (when tabletop is down)
    Up Position:
    44" in overall Height (when top is flipped up)
    26" Width/Diameter x 26" Base Width
    Weight: 13 lbs. 8 oz
    DESCRIPTION:
    In quite well-preserved overall condition, with perhaps only a single, slight scuff to the red lacquer and hand painted
    Chinese figurative landscape
    realized on the tabletop surface. This early turn-of-the-century,
    circa 1900-1920
    Chinese Export
    Ame
    ri
    can
    Chippendale style
    tilt-top occasional table, was lacquered and antiqued with several layers of semi-transparent glaze over enamel paint, with a wonderfully realized figurative landscape illustrated on its large, round table top. This
    18th century
    mahogany antique
    Chippendale style
    furniture has padded feet that support hand carved tripod legs that meet, connected and fastened together with heavy, hand carved dovetails at a reeded, columnar, ascending central pedestal, that's hinged to a wooden doweled mahogany wood block at the top, allowing the table top to lay flat or to rest in an upright position. It has early, decorative brass hardware that still open and close freely and once the table top is down, it clasps back together, holding the table top in place. Although this form of early
    Ame
    ri
    can
    furniture, inspired by an earlier English form, fell out of favor in the 19th century, it enjoyed a robust revival of sorts, with the return to style and very much in fashion and suddenly en vogue
    'Chinoiserie,'
    Chinese
    decorated antique wooden furniture and decorative accessories. Absolutely beautiful and simply lovely. It's sure not to quit on you. It won't disappoint. Why would it? Estate fresh and nearly as it was originally constituted. Add a little of the exotic and foreign travel to your otherwise cookie-cutter, drab, white bread existence. Your friends will think you just returned from an exotic
    Far-East
    safari into the great unknown.
    CONDITION:
    Good to Very Good overall antique condition.
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