Victorian and 1900-1930`s Art Deco Dining tables and Games Tables
TABLES dining, oak reproductions
A really heavy oak reproduction refectory table with primitive lion-mask carving, on six enormous carved bulbous legs. The sheer quantity of oak involved would make such a table enormously expensive to produce
today, let alone the question of the carved decoration. 1890-1920
A simpler oak ‘draw-leaf’ table on four bulbous carved legs. The stretchers have been jacked up off the ground by the addition of four square `feet’ at a later stage. The top has been panelled across the length which is considered a less attractive proposition by the trade. C. 1900
A rather unattractive oak ,refectory’ table which looks as though it has been ‘made-up’ from old pieces but the legs have turning which is plain and rather modern. No attempt has been made to ‘age’ the stretchers by
wearing down the edges.
Two oak draw tables from Maurice Adams, 1926. Straightforward, quite well-designed reproductions made to satisfy a contemporary taste for `Jacobethan’ dining rooms. Of quite high quality construction.
A cheap oak dining table, of the ‘draw’ type, on a two-pillar base derived from `Jacobethan’ but carefully ‘modernised’ to provide those streamlined, curved surfaces beloved in the late 1920s and 1930s. Note how the traditional turned ‘bulb’ on the supports have been modified into ribbed shapes of no particular beauty. The surface was originally dark-varnished with a sticky cheap ‘French polish’ which has become badly scratched. c. 1930
TABLES work and games
A walnut combined work and writing table on turned end-column supports with scrolled feet connected by a turned stretcher. Under the hinged top there is an adjustable reading and writing flat covered with tooled
leather, and stationery compartments on each side of this flap. The drawer pulls out to provide a fitted interior and the wooden work bag below can also be pulled out for access. The figured walnut top surface, drawer and bag are inlaid with stringing lines and marquetry. The whole piece is very similar to one illustrated in the design book of C. & R. Light in 1881 but such pieces were popular throughout the mid-Victorian period. 1860-1885
A papier mach& work table inlaid with ivory and mother of pearl in floral patterns and scrolls. The design is not unlike those of the 1830-1840 period with a baluster central column and a flat base with four scrolled feet.
A walnut work and games table with inlaid chequer-board and backgammon board, on a twin-column end support stand with connecting turned stretcher. A type illustrated in manufacturers’ catalogues up to 1885.
A walnut work table of a type which was introduced in the late 1850s as an urn shape, but which had settled to this funnel or trumpet variety by the 1870s. This example is inlaid with floral marquetry and stands on
rather cocked-knee cabrioles with scrolled feet. The top has been inset with leather: this almost certainly means that the original marquetry top has been damaged and, to save expense, a new leather top has been
fitted. Damage to the top surfaces is frequent with these tables; the veneer was very thin and was easily lifted by heat or spillage of liquids. 1860-1880
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