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Writing Table or Desk

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Item 9219
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Renaissance Table or Desk
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Dimensions
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Width 43˝, Height 30, Depth
27 (in inches)
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Wood
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Solid walnut
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Country
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France
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Date
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Circa 1880
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Price
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$5,995
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Description
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The table (or desk), made of a light-collored,
solid French walnut (noyer
blond), has two drawers. The wood
has the characteristic clarity and small grain of old growth walnut, along
with a depth and richness benefiting from the ciré patiné technique. The design of the desk involves classic
Neo-Renaissance elements such as ionic columns supported by a square base of carved
acanthus leaves, a trestle stretcher with colonettes supporting carved
arches, corbels located on the frieze.
Hand-carved in France, most likely around the end of the 19th
century, the desk has its original hardware.
The virtuosic carving eloquently reflects the 19th century
passion for Renaissance stylistic elements dating back to Greco-Roman
architecture.
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Reference
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Ader-Tajan, Collection Bruno Perrier Haute
Epoque (Catalog for Sale at Auction on April 6, 1992 at the Hotel Drouot,
Paris)
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Uses
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Owing to its solid walnut construction, the desk
is suitable for virtually any room in a home or office and will blend well
with other antique or contemporary furniture.
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