Convertible Biedermeier Salon and Game Table, Austria, 1840s

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Unusual Biedermeier coffee table, convertible made to the game table in Vienna 1840: columnar on flat, quadruple retracted square base … Read more Unusual Biedermeier coffee table, convertible made to the game table in Vienna 1840: columnar on flat, quadruple retracted square base with bevelled edge-on four, slightly tapered legs round with small capital. On the columns legged sitting front and rear two architectural arch structures with laterally projecting volutes. Thereafter, the table body with an arched wall which carries the rotatable and foldable table top. By rotation of the plate disclosed in the interior of the body of a compartment, which space for tokens, cards, etc. offers. The rotation of the disk also provides the ability to unfold them and use their related in green felt surface as a game table. The table is made of walnut or walnut veneer with beautiful, lively grain, he was subsequently added to a glass plate to protect the plate. Dimensions of the plate: 95 cm x 47/94 cm State:\. Very good, refreshed min age and wear, min Verblasssung, Shellackpolitur, renewed felt cover. See less