Portuguese Entryway Table

Portugal, 19th Century

$1,795

Antique One-Of-A-Kind Sylvie Favorite

On a Portuguese farm this was a work table, its three drawers holding the tools and small hardware of a day’s labour. Found in Béziers, it still wears its old oxblood-red paint, worn away to bare wood across the top and down the plank sides, which are cut into simple arched legs. Years of real work are written all over it, in the scars across the top, the mismatched drawer pulls, and the way the red has rubbed back wherever hands and tools passed. Sylvie uses it as an entry table, the drawers for keys and gloves and the scarred top for a lamp and the mail, its worn paint earning its keep.

Minor variations from the images may occur unless otherwise noted. All sales are final.

Age:: 19th Century
Country of Origin:: Portugal
Material:: Wood with metal hardware
Dimensions:: 33.0" H x 28.5" W x 18.75" D; Apron to floor: 24.0"

Notes from Sylvie:

Dear collector, the top and sides show some splits, staining, and traces of paint from years of use, while the back has remnants of an earlier red paint finish. The drawers have interior dividers and open smoothly. The piece has a very slight wobble, with all the little imperfections we love in an old antique.

All items are final sale.