Massachusetts Side Table, circa 1830

A neoclassical American Empire drop-leaf side table in mahogany, circa 1830-1840, Double front drawers with wood original knobs. The table is in flame mahogany and the secondary wood...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique William IV circa 1830 flamed mahogany single drawer side table with fluted pedestal base In the world of fine furniture this...

American Sheraton pine hand painted floral washstand with a single drawer, original wooden knob, and resting on turned bulbous ringed legs, Early 19th century.

Having a hinged square top opening to reveal a storage well and a mirrored surface with an additional lower drawer, raised on curule form legs joined by a turned stretcher, the feet ...

Our table was made of birch, solid and veneered, stained a rich brown, and topped off with a slab of Bohemian breccia marble. We date it to around 1928, and attribute the design to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, who coined the term Kultivierte Sachlichkeit (Cultured Objectivity) to describe his work, and distinguish it from the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) practiced by his contemporaries Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Lily Reich. The table bears a passing resemblance to a considerably simplified, marble-topped ovoid one that he designed for his 1934 Berlin living room. Breuhaus was a man on the make. The first of his three marriages was to the daughter of an industrialist, who financed the building of luxury villas and workers’ housing designed by his son-in-law. In 1929, Breuhaus, the son of a dentist, added “de Groot” to his name, falsely linking himself to a distinguished family of painters. By then, he’d been fudging his academic record for years. That didn’t prevent a teaching appointment at the State University of Bavaria, which allowed him to add the prestigious “Herr Professor” prefix to his name. Yet he never followed through on the teaching — he was far too busy designing more luxury villas (commissions he accepted only if he could furnish them as well), and products for his own company, which included furniture, textiles, wallpapers, lighting, and fine silver. In addition to designing aircraft interiors for Lufthansa, and pullman railroad...

Edwardian oak side table from England with a scalloped and beveled edge around the top, which has fine figured wood. The apron is simple, and the table is supported on hand turned ba...