Antique Mahogany Carved Chippendale Demi-Lune Queen Anne Game Console Table 1900 Drawings & Prints Puerto Rico

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A member of The Royal Scottish Academy (see below the Royal Academy's entry from 1922) Pollok Sinclair Nesbit was a talented artist & painted frequently in Italy

During his stay in Rome he made many studies after the antique and developed an interest in classicism

he studied architecture at Yale University and earned a fellowship to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1932-34

The son of European-trained artist

Antique Mahogany Carved Chippendale Demi-Lune Queen Anne Game Console Table 1900 Drawings & Prints Puerto RicoA very fine quality antique Chippendale style plum mahogany game console table, attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1910. The table is of demi lune form when closed & opens to form a full circle, the table top having beautiful 'plum pudding' grained mahogany, a highly prized pattern found within certain mahogany wood, particularly Honduran mahogany. This figuring resembles large, swirling drips or blotches in the grain, reminiscent of the fruit