Card table

oak, cloth; height: 81 cm; width: 90 cm; depth: 44.5 cm; tabletop when unfolded: 90 x 90 cm.
Northwestern Poland, ca. 1880.
The frame rests on four richly turned, baluster-shaped legs with tapering sections and longitudinal fluting; the upper sections feature carved rosettes; at the bottom, the legs are joined by a crossbar, in the center of which is a vertical, turned spandrel in a Classicist, vase-like shape; the entire piece rests on turned feet at the base. Under the tabletop is a drawer decorated with diagonal fluting; the sides of the under-table band are adorned with a bas-relief frieze featuring a plant tendril motif and volutes; The tabletop is smooth and rectangular when folded; when unfolded, it is lined in the center with green cloth.