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Mid-Century Asian Altar-Style Console Table

Offered by: Machine Age

Description
This console table is a 1950s interpretation of the altar tables traditionally found in Chinese reception halls. The gilt-painted wood frame features the typical everted flanges and scrolled legs; the table surface is gold-specked mirror.

The height below is to the table surface. The flanges bring the total height to 30.25 inches.

More Information

Origin:	China
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Painted wood; Mirror
Condition:	Good. The mirrored surface has some hairline scratches but no chips.
Creation Date:	1950s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	469852

Dimensions

W.	64.5 in;	H.	28.25 in;	D.	15 in;
W.	163.83 cm;	H.	71.76 cm;	D.	38.1 cm;

Message from Seller:

Located in Boston’s up-and-coming Dorchester neighborhood, Machine Age houses New England’s largest collection of twentieth-century furniture, lighting, & objects d’art. For 30 years, we have been offering a comprehensive but highly edited assemblage of American & European pieces from the 1930s through the 1990s. Aesthetically, the work marries modernism’s clarity of line & embrace of experimentation with a refined craftsmanship.