Antique Ceylonese Carved Rosewood Ebony Ivory Silver Specimen Inlaid Table 1850 Mid-Century Modern The front of the bench

The front of the bench is fitted with five original carved portrait panels of three noblemen & two noble ladies

The hood is flanked with a pair of reeded columns with gilt bronze capitals & bases

a single drawer below with a writing slope

he studied for five years in the evening classes of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The painting depicts the Falaise d' Amont located near Etretat

Antique Ceylonese Carved Rosewood Ebony Ivory Silver Specimen Inlaid Table 1850 Mid-Century Modern The front of the benchA fine antique mid 19th century Anglo Ceylonese specimen wood carved & inlaid ebony occasional table, circa 1850. The table top of octagonal form having a deeply carved edge with a floral design, the table top with segmented radial quadrants of exotic specimen woods. The specimen panels are separated with chevron inlay of ebony & ivory inset into silver wire borders, below is a cushion moulded frieze, with a locking frieze drawer (key is present), on