Chippendale Padauk Gothic Silver Table with Cluster Column Legs c. 1830

An absolutely stunning early 19th century silver table made of solid Padauk with a fine fretwork carved gallery, twin boarded top and wonderfully detailed cluster column legs.

Heavy and sturdy, the table was made to display silver and would have belonged to a wealthy household and placed in an area where it could be seen and admired by visitors to the house.

The hand carved detailing to the table is superb with a pierced fretwork gallery, a wide open fretwork carved band of Gothic motifs to the apron and intricately carved large beautiful Gothic spandrels.

The cluster column legs each have three ring turned spindles conjoined by squared braces and terminate in squared and stepped feet. The stretchers with matching ring turnings and joined with a central X brace.

In excellent original condition with only small marks and dings and some tiny old restorations to a small section of the gallery consistent with age and use.

Padauk is a particularly slow growing, densely grained and heavy wood with a beautiful colour.

Its durability and rich colour made it a very desirable exotic hardwood and it was particularly popular with the London cabinet makers who sought it for high value and aristocratic commissions. With additional trade routes to the East and to Africa the Padauk timber arrived by ship – into London via the Thames - and was reserved for the finest furniture of the Georgian period.

This table is pure precision and skill.

It exemplifies the extraordinary ability of the best British cabinet makers to delicately carve solid pieces of densely grained exotic timber to create elegant, beautiful and timeless furniture.