Circa 1920 Italian Renaissance Revival LIBRARY TABLE,
- office table, writing desk,
- Century Furniture Co, Grand Rapids, MI,
- trestle-form,
- solid walnut,
- well-carved leaf border top with carved skirt,
- heavily carved ends with well-carved lions
- cherub face with wings,
- holding Classical carved fruit garland,
- scroll-carved cabriole lion leg with paw feet,
- three turned and drape carved baluster stretcher spindles setting on floor stretcher,
73” long, 39” wide, 32” tall.
Condition - excellent, solid, later finish, no damage or repairs. SR01
- illustrated in “Furniture as Interpreted by The Century Furniture Co”, 1927, pg 23.
- illustrateted on original catalog page, “Italian Renaissance” in Century Furniture, Grand Rapids, MI, No K-114,
- Century Furniture Co, Grand Rapid, MI (1900-1942). Began in 1900 as a highest-quality furniture company. “Century strived from its onset “to manufacture the best possible line of the particular kind of goods by the company.” Century furniture was well built, with expensive materials and lavish details and decoration.”
- similar quality as other fine mid-America manufacturers competing with Grand Rapids based Berkey & Gay, Pheonix Furn Co and Chicago, IL based Tobey, Karpen in the early 1900s.
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- ends, top, balusters and stretcher can be dis-assembled for shipping.
- Shipping - via your shipper.
- contact me for confirmation or additional options.
- Local pickup available.---------------------------------------
