Portuguese Folding-Top Table in Walnut with Detached Columns and Stretcher. 18th century.
Portuguese walnut table with a folding top that opens out to double the surface. Apron with two button pulls, base with detached columns in front of the legs and an H-shaped stretcher close to the ground.
Portuguese work of the 18th century.
Dimensions: Width: 70 cm | Depth: 33 cm | Height: 69.5 cm.
PRODUCT DETAILS
| Condition | Good condition Good condition |
|---|---|
| Period | 18th century 18th century |
| Style | Neoclassical |
| Country | Portugal Portugal |
| Materials | Walnut |
| Dimensions | Width 27,56 in × Depth 12,99 in × Height 27,36 in Width 70 cm × Depth 33 cm × Height 69,5 cm |
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
This table features a rectangular walnut top composed of two leaves hinged by metal hinges, one folding over the other to double the depth once the table is opened. The apron, animated by two button pulls with metal knobs supporting the unfolded top, rests on an original base with solid-wood columns doubled by detached colonnettes, joined by a robust H-shaped stretcher close to the ground.
This type of folding-top table, also called Italian-style, is characteristic of Iberian furniture of the Ancien Régime: the solid walnut, the turned columns and the frank construction make it a piece of domestic architecture typical of 18th-century Portugal, at once an occasional piece and a games or writing table.
Condition report: Good overall condition given its age. Walnut with a deep, nourished patina. A piece of character, as a console behind a sofa or as a side table in an entrance.
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