Antique Mahogany Carved Chippendale Demi-Lune Queen Anne Game Console Table 1900 Paintings The top with a stepped

The top with a stepped crown and a carved 'brickwork' band below

The table having an inset brown & red hued tooled & gilded leather writing surface

Although Heidel began his career as a painter he started working in glass in the 1960s after receiving a grant to work in the glass factories in Holland

He was created "Cavaliere di Cristo" by his patron Pope Clement VIII by whom he was much patronized and also by Pope Sixtus V

Antique Mahogany Carved Chippendale Demi-Lune Queen Anne Game Console Table 1900 Paintings The top with a steppedA 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