AN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND ROSE MAHOGANY WORK TABLE, CIRCA 1840
AN AUSTRALIAN CEDAR AND ROSE MAHOGANY WORK TABLE, CIRCA 1840Estimate $8,000 – $10,000
the rectangular cedar top cross banded with moulded edges above cross banded frieze with turned inverted finials to corners, the work box covered in deep red silk, the side supports flared and divided in peg design, united by a turned stretcher with applied patera terminals, resting on rectangular round bases, applied patera and on squat bun
53.7CM WIDE, 38CM DEEP, 76CM HIGH
It is interesting to note that the stretcher, finials and patera are in rose mahogany, a timber understood to be indigenous to N.S.W.