Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sold The top hinged lid with

The top hinged lid with multi-color floral enamel decoration

Albert Samuel Anker (1 April 1831 – 16 July 1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss social life

the head of the bull is engraved with decoration to resemble henna tattoos

it is finished on each side including the rear so the desk can be in the middle of a room as well as against a wall

His first solo exhibition

Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sold The top hinged lid withA good antique American Chippendale tilt top mahogany table or candlestand, Philadelphia, circa 1770. The table having a circular 'dished' top that is also a tilt top and locks into place with the original hand cut steel locking mechanism, the table having a turned pedestal column with 'barley twist' carving and a twist carved baluster below. The table is raised on a tripod base with three cabriole legs terminating to pad feet with ribbed carving to