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<p>[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 399526, member: 6974"]Welcome Kathleen. The one photo isn't enough to give a real opinion and I think the others have probably covered it. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, it looks like rosewood which would tend to make it somewhat recent. However, the leg design is quite unusual for a Chinese piece and I think you need to take more time and get a wide range of opinions before you sell. A lot of early furniture makers were influenced by the Chinese style (for example Hepplewhite and Chippendale) and your piece looks really interesting and of good quality. </p><p><br /></p><p>The table appears wider than usual hall tables which suggests another purpose. If it is around 90cm (36inches) tall and 50cm (20inches) wide it could be a scroll table with the upturned ends preventing the scroll from rolling off the table. In this case, I would refer to it as a Scholars Table.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you need it gone quickly, I would take my time to sell and give some of the fantastic experts in this Forum time to advise you. Without more information or an expert opinion, it would get around $500 in Australia. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AuDragon, post: 399526, member: 6974"]Welcome Kathleen. The one photo isn't enough to give a real opinion and I think the others have probably covered it. To me, it looks like rosewood which would tend to make it somewhat recent. However, the leg design is quite unusual for a Chinese piece and I think you need to take more time and get a wide range of opinions before you sell. A lot of early furniture makers were influenced by the Chinese style (for example Hepplewhite and Chippendale) and your piece looks really interesting and of good quality. The table appears wider than usual hall tables which suggests another purpose. If it is around 90cm (36inches) tall and 50cm (20inches) wide it could be a scroll table with the upturned ends preventing the scroll from rolling off the table. In this case, I would refer to it as a Scholars Table. Unless you need it gone quickly, I would take my time to sell and give some of the fantastic experts in this Forum time to advise you. Without more information or an expert opinion, it would get around $500 in Australia. Good luck.[/QUOTE]
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