A Gothic Revival Carved Rosewood Occasional Table, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1845-55

With a portor marble top.

Eileen and Richard Dubrow, American Furniture of the 19^th Century, 1840-1880, Exton, Pennsylvania, Schiffer, 1983, p. 61

Overall good condition; one short side lacking four half-arched moldings to the pointed arches; the other short side lacking one half-arch molding to one arch; one side of the stretcher lacking two drops with restoration to one with the finial missing; the other side of the stretcher lacking three drop and with losses to the finials of three drops; top of plinth to one short side with old chips and losses to the veneer to one corner; overall with some old nicks, scratches and wear.
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Almost identical to a pair of occasional tables made for the Villa Phil-Ellena in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, built in 1844, see Harry Mack Truax II and Robert F. Trent, "Vaulting Ambition, Gothic Revival in Philadelphia, 1830-1860", Philadelphia Antique Show, 2005, p. 99, fig. 12.  That table has acorn-shape pendants, whilst the present example has interlaced arches with pendants.  Cottage furniture made in Philadelphia made during this period have arches carved in the end trestles, see Neal Auction, New Orleans, September 9, 2012, p. 24, lot 95.