Item features Unique, Folding Small Table in the Papier-Mâché Technique, Circa 1850

Unique, Folding Small Table in the Papier-Mâché Technique, Circa 1850

This small table was made in England, in so called Papier-Mâché technique. 

The base of the furniture is composed of a pedestal with three S-shaped legs. 

The table top is foldable, and has a wavy shape and profiled edges. Also, it is inlaid with pearl mass. 

The small table can be folded.

The whole is painted in black, with gildings. The furniture is in good condition as for its age.

There are visible alterations of the gilding that have been made with a paint.

Presented piece of furniture is very rare -- a true deal for every connoisseur.

Papier-Mâché -- historical overview:

Thanks to the improvements of the paper pulp production in the 19th-century England, a durable

material was obtained, which could be used not only for the manufacture of trays and boxes, but also (from the 30s of the 19th c.)

tables, chairs and other types of furniture, even beds. Such pieces of furniture in the Papier-Mâché technique were ornamented

in many ways: gilded, lined with pearl mass, bronzed, or painted in intensive colors on a shiny,

dark background.

This technique of furniture making and ornamentation suited sophisticated tastes of the people of the Victorian era.

The manufacture of such furniture was concentrated in Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

THE AUTHENTICITY (period of origin, type of wood used in manufacturing) has been confirmed by an experienced expert in vintage and antique furniture.

Antique Beauty company issues CERTIFICATE OF EXHIBITOR on presented furniture, which confirms authenticity, legal origin, the approximate date and place of the furniture manufacturing.

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