Height 32 inches, width 40 inches, depth 22 inches.
17th C. Provencal Hand Carved Antique Side Table Walnut Desk
Drawers Farm LA CA . Beautiful 17th into 18th century Provençal Continental
table in walnut and Fruitwood with center drawers. These tables were used in
the Mas and Manoir . It’s the perfect addition to a Provincial design , as a
side table, between two chairs, to have a chinoiserie piece of art on top . Or
as a small bureau desk . End table, farm table, console , game table, serving
table, or a sofa table.
baluster legs joined by a stretcher, standing on original
turned bun feet. It’s not an oak somber table, the walnut and fruitwood gives
it much charm. It could be perfect for a side table, between two chairs. In the
bedroom it could work as a single nightstand, to host a table lamp or
decorative elements. Antique Dealer Los Angeles CA Melrose Ave La Cienega The
double drawers fairly large to keep documents or store books away . The simple
lines makes it versatile and a perfect fit in any room, living room, entryway ,
bedroom or kitchen. As you can see the
construction of the table. Made of solid wood parts, showing the beauty of the
grains and knots. The details with the construction on the side of the Drawers
fitting together in grid and dove tail. Same goes with the table itself built
with pegs and fitted together with Mortise holes and tenon (tongue) joints.
Same goes for the Bun feet squashed and flattened ball at the bottom Typical of
the 17th into late 17th Century , and the less than fluid design that
concentrated on the pure functionality of the piece , rather than trying to
exhibit the beauty, and that’s typical late 17th and very early 18th
Century. Over the centuries you could
see the age and use apparent in the detailed pictures from the fadings and the
stainings of the wood , the natural shrinkage and cracks of the wood , chips scuffs etc … the
Carving with freehand execution style as seen in the pictures as well
