Object Description
A Very Good Quality Mid 19th Century Oriental
Hardwood Coffee Table Having Inset Marble Top
Over Elegant Pierced Frieze Raised On
Cabriole Legs
(Much larger than the more commonly seen opium tables
which use their curved ends to stand on rather than actual legs
this coffee table has 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,
coupled with a marble inset top means that it is not
easily damaged by spilt, or hot, drinks).