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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 9871151, member: 6444"]Certainly could be French. As an engineer I spend a lot of time looking at design and construction and this piece has such a distinctive design that I would expect to be able to find another example of it, but so far nada. The ones matahari found are as similar as I have seen in overall appearance (round, mahogany veneer with black, multi-level) but not the same unusual design. It looks like it would be unstable, supported in only one quadrant, but actually is rock solid - not a table you want to stand on to change a lightbulb, however!</p><p><br /></p><p>I would appreciate any other ideas on how to seek out a similar one to try to understand its design history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 9871151, member: 6444"]Certainly could be French. As an engineer I spend a lot of time looking at design and construction and this piece has such a distinctive design that I would expect to be able to find another example of it, but so far nada. The ones matahari found are as similar as I have seen in overall appearance (round, mahogany veneer with black, multi-level) but not the same unusual design. It looks like it would be unstable, supported in only one quadrant, but actually is rock solid - not a table you want to stand on to change a lightbulb, however! I would appreciate any other ideas on how to seek out a similar one to try to understand its design history.[/QUOTE]
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