Swedish Baroque Revival Cerused Oak Table with Marble Top

This finely made table in the Gothic Revival taste comes from England, circa 1875. All things Gothic have had a steady love affair by the English and have enjoyed several revival periods. The best was in the second and third quarters of the 19th century which is when this table was made. Constructed of walnut the table is designed to feel monumental without being of that scale. Set on four Quatrefoil column legs that rise to a shaped pierced arch that is centered on each side by a shield. The finish is old and excellent in color and sheen. The marble top is shaped with rounded corners has a simple ogee edge and is a nice soft green. The profile of the table allows it to be used as a freestanding library...

A solid mahogany Baroque Revival console table with conforming black variegated marble top, with a heavily carved frieze featuring a center cherub head and lions head capitals on the...

Exuberantly carved bronze console table features a detailed woman’s face in center and faces of soldiers on the four corners. The bottom stretcher has carved cherubs flaunting a sold...

French Art Deco low table, circa 1938, designed by Jean-Charles Moreux and executed in cerused oak with travertine marble top. 31” wide x 19” deep x 20” high. JEAN-CHARLES MOREUX (1889-1956) French architect and designer Jean-Charles Moreux was born in 1889 at the Chateau de Joncy in Saone-et-Loire. He studied at l’Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris (1914-22) where he spent the period during World War I working on the preservation of works of art. While attending l’Ecole he became friends with the architect Jean Lurcat and his brothers, Andre and Paul Vera. In 1924 he exhibited his first pieces of furniture at the Salon d’Automne. He had a preference for poetic living spaces and felt that people deserved better than Corbusier’s “machines for living in”. He was anxious to introduce aspects of the marvelous into architecture and living spaces. His creations drew upon the classical, baroque, and rococo styles. Moreux’s well-known clients included the Baron Robert de Rothschild and Bolette Natanson...

Wonderful pollard or burr oak table Beautiful veneered top and solid pollard oak carved legs Possibly Scottish. I have seen similar bold gadroonin...

Asian Chinese style (18/19th Century) rosewood rectangular center table with a carved apron having a filigree bottom edge with an inset marble top.