Live Auction 14432Noble & Private Collections Part II
A CEYLONESE EBONY AND SATINWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
Lot 612 PROPERTY REMOVED FROM CHÂTEAU DE SAINT-GERMAIN-BEAUPRÉ (LOTS 414 & 595-613)

A CEYLONESE EBONY AND SATINWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

PROBABLY GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1840

Closed26 April 2017

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GBP 10,000

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A CEYLONESE EBONY AND SATINWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
PROBABLY GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1840
31 ¼ (79.5 cm.) high; 54 ¾ in. (139 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The Galle district in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) was renowned in the 19th century for its specimen and exotic-wood furniture. Primarily for the export market, tables such as this were supplied to British colonists and eventually exported back to Britain, ebony often being a primary material.