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French Mahogany Library Table
Camden Antiques
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French Mahogany Library Table

19th century
For Sale by Camden Antiques
Description

A fine quality mid 19th century, Louis Philippe period, French library table. Of excellent construction in solid mahogany and embellished with crisply cast gilt bronze mounts and fitted with brass banding and fluting throughout. With a single long drawer to the front, replete with a central gilt bronze mount (repeated to the rear of the table). Standing on elegant turned and fluted legs which terminate in original castors. United by a beautiful double lyre under-stretcher. Cleaned and waxed in our workshops and now offered for sale in very good orignal condition. Some minor historic marks to the top.

Dimensions:

Width 120cms

Depth 69cms

Height 75cms

Physical Dimensions
Height
75cm (29.53")
Width
120cm (47.24")
Depth
69cm (27.17")
Declaration

Camden Antiques has dated this French Mahogany Library Table to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1202822
Dealers Internal Reference
18387
Description
A fine quality mid 19th century, Louis Philippe period, French library table.
Of excellent construction in solid mahogany and embellished with crisply cast gilt bronze mounts and fitted with brass banding and fluting throughout.
Camden Antiques

With a single long drawer to the front, replete with a central gilt bronze mount (repeated to the rear of the table). Standing on elegant turned and fluted legs which terminate in original castors. United by a beautiful double lyre under-stretcher. Cleaned and waxed in our workshops and now offered for sale in very good orignal condition. Some minor historic marks to the top.

Dimensions:

Width 120cms

Depth 69cms

Height 75cms

Height
75cm (29.53")
Width
120cm (47.24")
Depth
69cm (27.17")
Date of Manufacture

Camden Antiques has dated this French Mahogany Library Table to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1202822
Dealers Internal Ref
18387
Camden Antiques
Camden Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jun 2012
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A rectangular French mahogany library table featuring a polished top, frieze drawer with carved detail, brass trim, turned fluted legs, and a lower carved stretcher on brass castors.
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A rectangular French mahogany library table featuring a polished top, frieze drawer with carved detail, brass trim, turned fluted legs, and a lower carved stretcher on brass castors.
French Mahogany Library Table
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A rectangular French mahogany library table featuring a polished top, frieze drawer with carved detail, brass trim, turned fluted legs, and a lower carved stretcher on brass castors.
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A French library table, often designed as a bureau plat, is a rectangular writing table originating in 17th and 18th-century France, tailored for reading, writing, and administrative duties in formal study rooms.

These tables typically feature dense hardwoods such as mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, often accented with brass moulding mounts, hand-carved timber detailing, and polished top surfaces.

Authentic examples usually display traditional joinery such as hand-cut dovetails on drawers, cast brass fittings secured from behind, and natural wear or patination on the timber and castors.

A French library table can serve as a standalone executive writing desk in a home office or function as a focal console table positioned behind a sofa or within a hallway.

Dust the surface regularly with a soft, dry cloth and apply a high-quality beeswax polish sparingly once or twice a year to preserve the timber finish and protect brass fittings.
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