Antique French Parquetry Jardinière Table, Ca. 1900
Antique French Parquetry Jardinière Table, Ca. 1900
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A late 19th-century French jardinière table in the Louis XV taste, with a serpentine bombé apron decorated in rosewood, tulipwood, and boxwood cube parquetry, raised on cabriole rosewood legs ending in brass sabots, and fitted with a mahogany-lined well that retains its original tôle peinte liner. Pieces like this were made for the specific 19th-century habit of bringing the garden indoors. A fern, an orchid, or a seasonal arrangement could be set down in the salon without ruining the veneer beneath, and the tin liner could be lifted out by its side handles for watering or replanting. The apron carries the piece visually, with its cube parquetry pattern, known to French cabinetmakers as point de Hongrie and to the English as tumbling blocks, creating an optical illusion that shifts the cubes forward and back as you look. The underside retains a partial paper label, worn past legibility, from the English shop that once retailed it.
The table is in good antique condition with honest wear consistent with age and use. The rosewood, tulipwood, and boxwood cube parquetry apron is clean and crisp on every face, with no visible lifting or loss to the veneers. The serpentine apron and scalloped frieze are intact throughout. All four cabriole legs are straight and stable, with original brass sabots present and secure. The mahogany-lined well retains its brass ribbon molding around the rim. There is a small chip to the wood where the brass molding meets the corner of the well, and faint water staining inside the well from its years of use as a planter, both consistent with the piece's working life. A few stable hairline checks are visible to the underside near the apron-to-leg joins, none affecting structural integrity. The original tôle peinte liner is present and functions as intended, with significant paint loss to the exterior consistent with a century of use, which sits hidden inside the well and does not show in display. The interior verdigris green paint and carrying handles are intact. A partial paper retailer's label remains adhered to the underside but has worn down past legibility, leaving only fragments of letters readable. Light surface wear throughout consistent with over a century of handling.
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