A c.1890 Chinese Marble Topped & Gilded Hardwood Occasional Table sub-Art & Sculpture thus the attractive and useful

thus the attractive and useful octagonal form for a better grip

Examples are becoming increasingly hard to find

Boris had high principles and an independent mind

largely of papier-mâché construction

each with the original cast iron drop handles

A c.1890 Chinese Marble Topped & Gilded Hardwood Occasional Table sub-Art & Sculpture thus the attractive and usefulOrigin: Chinese Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 24 inches Diameter: 17. 25 inches The hardwood occasional table having a gadroooned inset marble top and pierced carved frieze of lotus blossom flowers, the legs with dragon masks and joined by stretchers standing on ball and claw feet, the whole later gilded, survives from late nineteenth century China. The condition of the table cosmetically tired but