Louis XIII Period Walnut Side with Bobbin-Turned Leg
Louis XIII Period Walnut Side with Bobbin-Turned Leg
he rectangular plank top of good figured walnut with a moulded edge, the underside fitted with a single long frieze drawer to one side, retaining its original turned wooden knob handle
The table raised upon four boldly turned bobbin — or chapelet legs, a form highly characteristic of the Louis XIII period and rooted in the Anglo-Flemish turning traditions that swept Northern European furniture making in the early 17th century.
The legs united by a matching H-form box stretcher of identical bobbin-turned profile, the intersections joined at square blocked and moulded corner posts surmounted by turned acorn or button finials of pleasing decorative invention.
The feet of compressed ball form, resting on small turned disc terminals.
The walnut of warm honey-amber tone throughout, the surface exhibiting the deeply desirable patination accumulated over three to four centuries of use — minor surface wear, natural checking to the top boards, and honest signs of age entirely consistent with age.
French, circa 1700
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