Antique American Drop Leaf Carved Mahogany Federal Empire Table New York 1825 Decorative Arts for the 1862 International Exhibition

for the 1862 International Exhibition

Paul Auguste Gagne was a sculptor active in Paris in the  to late 19th century

5" wide X 39" tall X 13

916 silver purity

His scenes of a now-vanished Los Angeles have become his most sought-after works

Antique American Drop Leaf Carved Mahogany Federal Empire Table New York 1825 Decorative Arts for the 1862 International ExhibitionA fine antique American Empire carved mahogany drop leaf table, New York, circa 1825. The table is made from the finest flame mahogany & having two drop leaves with curved skirts that are supported by butterfly bracket supports, the table having a deeply carved turned baluster shaped pedestal with four curved legs. Both the pedestal & legs are deeply carved with acanthus leaf decoration, each leg terminates to a substantial lion's paw foot and each is