Neoclassical Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Mid-Century American Classical Maple Drop Leaf Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A skillfully crafted Mid-Century American Classical Maple Drop Leaf Side Table in great vintage condition. Measures 34" in width open, 14.5 in width cl...
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New York Neoclassic Drop Leaf Breakfast Table, c. 1825
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Located in San Francisco, CA
Solid mahogany Duncan Phyfe style drop leaf table with matchbook crotch mahogany veneers.
Excellent condition and quality, recently refinished.
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Imperial Furniture Gate Leg Folding Wood Turned Leg Side Table with Drawer
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
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19th Century Dutch Continental Rosewood Marquetry Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Forney, TX
Sophisticated elegance, is what comes to mind when setting eyes upon this richly colored rosewood veneered Biedermeier drop-leaf table from the mid-late 19th century.
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19th Century Mahogany Drop Leaf Table with Turned Legs
Located in Lomita, CA
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Circa 1780 English George III Inlaid Pembroke Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1780 George III inlaid pembroke table, English. Remarkably elegant with abundant fine inlays in neoclassical taste. Note how the end aprons swag to repeat the curves of the tab...
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Pennsylvania House Cherry Drop Leaf Penbroke Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 20th century Pennsylvania House Cherry Drop-Leaf Penbroke Side Table in great vintage condition. Measures 21.5" in width close, 38" wide open , 27" in depth and stands 24" tall.
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Large Drop Leaf Cherry Dining Table
Located in Malibu, CA
Classical American Large Drop Leaf Cherry Dining table with capped feet, in silver with rotating casters. Gate leg design with piano hinges.
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Light Grey Swedish Neoclassical Dining Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
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Sewing Table with Wings, Palosanto or Rosewood Wood, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
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Solid Walnut Board Antique Drop Leaf Dining Center Console Table Clean!
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Solid Walnut Board Antique Drop Leaf Gate leg Dining Center Console Table Clean!
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Conant, Ball and Co Hisotry
Back in the mid-1800s, furniture factories were springing up all over Gardner. In many cases, the manufacturing firms grew out of associations with other shops and industrial concerns.
Such was the case with Aaron B. Jackson and Aaron L. Greenwood, who ran Jackson & Greenwood chair shop on West Broadway. They were later succeeded by brothers Abner and Leander White, who changed the name to A. White and Co.
In 1862, John R. Conant joined the firm, and two years later his brother, Charles, also became a partner. After the two White brothers left the company, the business was continued as Conant Brothers and Co.
Carlos E. Ball was admitted to the firm in 1868 and assumed charge of the Boston branch of the business before it was relocated to 36 Richmond St. in Gardner. In 1875, the firm name became Conant, Ball and Co.
In 1888, the business was moved from West Broadway to its more familiar location on West Lynde Street into a building originally owned by L.H. Sawin & Co.
John Conant died in 1891 and Ball in 1909, however, between those years Charles C. Brooks became a member of the firm. In May of 1909, a Massachusetts corporation was formed under the name Conant Ball Co.
The former Conant Ball factory location in Gardner, which today is home to the two-deck parking garage on West Lynde Street. Among the first products made by the new company were cane seat chairs. Later, the factory produced bedroom and dining room chairs of mahogany, cherry and walnut. By the 1920s, dining room and bedroom furniture in the early American design were manufactured.
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After the death of their father in 1949, Charles C. Brooks Jr. was elected president and Herbert Brooks treasurer. The following year, Stephen Brooks, the son of Herbert, was elected vice president, while Rachel Brooks, sister of Herbert and Charles, was assistant treasurer.
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Neoclassical drop-leaf and pembroke tables for sale on 1stDibs.
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