Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings DIANNE KORNBERG (1945)

DIANNE KORNBERG (1945)

Rookwood Pottery

fluted chamfered corners

Galien-Laloue was the eldest of nine children

The lowboy is raised on cabriole legs terminating to pad feet

Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings DIANNE KORNBERG (1945)A fabulous antique American Aesthetic Movement carved walnut library table or desk, by Merklen Brothers, New York, circa 1890. Merklen Brothers of New York Gilded Age furniture is highly recognizable by their signature construction techniques and being stylistically distinct from European fashions of the period. The table top is carved with a frieze border and gadrooned edge, the skirt is finely and deeply carved with scrolling foliate and other