Early Indo-Portuguese Teak Gate-Leg Drop-Leaf Table coffee table marble tops and ebonized finishes

marble tops and ebonized finishes

Some shrinkage cracks

This mid century modern armchair is crafted of solid teak with a L-frame caned backrest and seat

tapered and reeded legs

One is mounted in an oak frame

Early Indo-Portuguese Teak Gate-Leg Drop-Leaf Table coffee table marble tops and ebonized finishesDETAILS This extraordinary robust antique, 17th century, gate leg table, found in India but made for the Portuguese colonials, features an egg and dart rim on the oval, drop leaf top. The stout, barley twist legs support double, barley twist box stretchers with rosette blocks, and terminate on stout, onion feet with unusually slender ankles. Each end of this piece houses a drawer with robustly carved, floral fronts. A highly useful, decorative and