Lot #281 - A Superb Exhibition table top, c1840
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historical
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Sale Date:03 Jun 2014 ~ 2.30pm
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Lot #:281
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Lot Description:A Superb Exhibition table top, c1840
displaying a double 10 pointed star motif inlaid with blackwood, cedar, eucalyptus, golden ash, huon pine, musk & white ash. All timbers are beautifully book matched & veneered onto a cedar carcass. Fine & elegantly carved cedar tri-form base with acanthus column & feet, complete with full tongues.
Height 74cm, diameter 124cm -
References:Featured on the front endpaper of "AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE Pictorial History & Dictionary 1788-1938" by Kevin Fahy & Andrew Simpson [Syd, 1998].
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Notes:Tables of this quality are extremely scarce & even rarer with original patina.
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Estimate:A$25,000 - 35,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Furniture
This Sale has been held and this item is no longer available. Details are provided for information purposes only.