Object Description
An Attractive And Very Good Quality Mid 19th Century
Oriental Hardwood Coffee Table, Of Unusual Design
Similar To An Opium Type Table, Having Well Figured
Panelled Top With Elegant Scrolling Ends And Pierced
Carved Fretwork Decoration To Frieze On Both Sides
Raised On Square Tapering Legs
(Very similar in design to the more commonly seen opium tables
which use their curved ends to stand on rather than actual legs
this coffee table will have been produced around the mid 19th
century in China specifically to be shipped to the western
markets. These days it will perfectly serve the purpose which
very few other types of genuinely antique furniture can,
in that it is about the right height to be used as a coffee
table in modern interiors. Also the fact it is constructed
from an extremely dense and hard wearing oriental hardwood
means that it is not likely easily damaged by spilt, or hot, drinks)