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FRENCH CARVED AND INLAID WALNUT DRAW-LEAF REFECTORY TABLE, 16th century

Kende galleries sale #370 Dec. 9-10, 1949; Brach-Berry et al

From the catalog:

CARVED AND INLAID WALNUT DRAW-LEAF REFECTOR TABLE    French, XVI Century
Oblong top with two leaves, the frieze with inlays of dark wood; supported on nine ring-turned columns carved with minute blossoms at the capitals, the end pairs centring an arch, with acanthus volutes between urn-shaped pendants. On inlaid double-cross base with bun feet. (Drach-Berry)
Height 29½ inches; length 57 inches extending to 8 feet 11 inches.
Collection of Louis Mohl, Paris
Collections of Dr. Albert Figdor, Vienna; described in the catalogue, 1930, no. 577, and illustrated (two views) pl CVII

Additional information:
This table is illustrated in Hermann Schmidt's Das Möbelwerk: Die Möbelformen vom Altertum bis zur Mitte des Neunzehnjahrhunderts. Berlin, W8, Verlag Ernst Warmuth AG, n.d., plate 109. It is one of 4 examples of Renaissance tables.

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