Low 19th Century Ming Style Altar Console Table

Cabinet, Ming style made in jumo wood. From Suzhou China, located close to Shanghai. Was formerly the largest city in Jiangsù province. Each panel made of one piece of wood. "Jumu wo...

This large 19th century Chinese elmwood altar sideboard features a rectangular top sitting above 16 drawers flanked by two carved spandrels connecting the front to the cabinet's top....

Altar table/console table, original red lacquer with natural age-related patina, highlighted by a clear lacquer surface finish. Front side with profiled legs. Table top with 'wings' console tables with...

Architectural altar table / side table. Made in the relatively rare and very beautiful peach wood. Below the top, profiled moldings and rectangular leg...

A Chinese Ming Dynasty style altar cabinet with original red lacquer, with natural age-related patina. The cabinet features a rectangular top with everted flanges, sitting above a f...

A rare Chinese Qing Dynasty period altar console table. The altar table is crafted of cypress wood, a a type of wood with a warm tint and beauti...

Sofa, corduroy velvet, wood, Italy, 1970s This delicate sofa has a cozy and bulky appeal. An orange to peach velvet has been used to cover the seating. The textured surface of the f...

Michele Kishita is a Philadelphia-based artist who uses landscape as her primary subject. Her paintings are strongly influenced by the graphic stylizations and compressed spaces of Japanese ukiyo-e prints. Kishita’s paintings are in a number of private/corporate collections, including Toyota, Capital...

Versatile and elegant small chest with Greek-key inlay on door fronts, incised brass latch front with two adjustable shelves. Perfect as a dry bar, entr...

At the Tenth Milan Triennial in 1954, Finland received the largest relative proportion of available prizes. The amount was even more than those eight prizes the country collected at ...

In a traditional Chinese home, a long narrow table with everted flanges is placed in the main hall and set with beautiful objects such as instrum...

A 19th century Chinese Ming-style altar table made of elm. From Hebei.

Expertly crafted work of art, this coffee table is hand-carved from wood, stained and burnished, then polished. Galloping horses appear to be coming from the centre of the table base...

Coffee table structures golden bronze and heads of golden bronze horse, tray glass was screwed by cabochons. Good condition, circa 1970. Plated feet with walnut.

Italian Mid-Century (1940s) ebonized narrow rectangular coffee table with inset white Carrara marble middle section with silver-plated sabot feet.

A fun and unusual 19th century Victorian English mahogany Bagatelle game board table with nicely aged patina. Featuring a rectangular folding portable game board with warm, rich mahogany wood case exterior, and a patinated brass hinged lid lift top that flips open to extend and reveal the baize (green felt like billiards material) lined gaming surface with semi-circular bentwood bumper at one end adorned with nine numbered holes, arranged with one in the center of the bentwood gallery and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. Framing the board, twenty-four contrasting inlay panels set with five holes run along either side of the board, originally used to keep score. circa 1890 The game board rests partially inset in a fitted mahogany stand base, raised on four straight square legs joined by ‘H’ stretcher. A wonderful piece of game board history, originally designed to sit on top of a dining table or games table, this piece features a fitted stand, making it the ideal size and proportions for use as a one-of-a-kind coffee table, chair side table, cocktail table, low console, or simply displayed as a distinctive decorative folk art piece. Dimensions (approx): 18" High, 31.25" Wide, 15.75" Deep Open: 60" Wide Good condition overall, especially considering age. Dark rich patina over the whole, enhanced by heavy buildup lustrous sheen and antique mahogany glow. No game pieces or accessories included. Age appropriate wear including various imperfections, with expected signs of use, including losses, checking, wear to finish and baize liner, staining, minor splitting to bent wood, all wear consistent with age and indicative of use. All of which adds to the elegant warmth, sophisticated antique character, and overall authenticity. Please refer to photography for complete condition. Delivered lightly cleaned, hand waxed, polished French patina finish, ready for immediate use as furniture. History: The origins of Bagatelle (or its many iterations) are even less clear than most games of a similar history, although we do know it has ties to French Kings, American President Abraham Lincoln, and developed into bar billiards, eventually leading to the development of pachinko and pinball. Bagatelle was a game involving sticks and balls that evolved from efforts to bring outdoor games like ground billiards, croquet, and bowling inside for play during inclement weather. Dating all the way back to the 15th century, the most recent version came about in the 18th century. In France, during the long 1643–1715 reign of Louis XIV, billiard tables were narrowed, with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table, and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end, in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when knocked down, so they were eventually fixed to the table, and holes in the bed of the table became the targets. Players could ricochet balls off the pins to achieve the harder scorable holes. Quite a number of variations on this theme were developed. In 1777 a party was thrown in honour of Louis XVI and the queen at the Château de Bagatelle, recently erected at great expense by the king's brother, the Count of Artois. Bagatelle from Italian bagattella, signifies 'a trifle', 'a decorative thing'. The highlight of the party was a new table game featuring a slender table and cue sticks, which players used to shoot ivory balls up an inclined playfield. The game was dubbed bagatelle by the count and shortly after swept through France. From 1770 to 1850 Bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain. Some French soldiers carried their favorite bagatelle tables...

A 19th century Chinese Ming-style altar table made of elm. From Hebei.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty low elm table from the 19th century, with Ming stone inset, carved spandrels and recessed cartouches. Created in China during the ...

A Chinese Ming dynasty style altar table from the 19th century, with horsehoof feet. Created in China during the 19th century, this Ming style table

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period low long waterfall style prayer table from the 19th century, with dark lacquer and weathered patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this low ...

A Chinese Ming Dynasty style red lacquered low table from the early 20th century, with distressed finish and horse hoof legs. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this low Ming style table...

19th century Chinese Altar table. Exceptional Altar table of walnut wood (Hetao Mu) in black lacquer having a solid one piece plank top with everted flanges presenting to the sky abo...