| French influence is clear in
many of the details implemented by this table’s
designer. This piece brings together many of the
best details of the Renaissance period. While
historians typically separate Italian, French
and English design of this period, in truth all
the elements of each country’s style overlapped,
as did each new phase of design. This table is
an excellent example of what the nobility across
England and Europe in the 1700’s and 1800’s
might have chosen in a showpiece item of
furniture. The Cabriole leg has a subtle bend
that is accentuated by the delicately carved
shell found on the knee of each leg. Here it is
turned outward, showing an English influence.
The “snail” carving on the foot, much like a
simplified scroll or rose, however is typically
French. The body with its straight forward clean
lines, is English in origin and borrows heavily
from one of that country’s most influential
designers, Thomas Chippendale. |
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| Rails: Hand Selected African
Sedua, in laid genuine mother-of-pearl diamond
sites. |
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| Cabinet: Solid Alder, upgrade
to Mahogany available |
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| Slate: Matched 1” thick,
diamond honed to precise dimensions for a
professional playing surface. Frame backed with
poplar hardwood for increased durability. |
