Un Capolavoro Firmato da Lars Kulle - Games table...

Exceptional transformable game table with console form. Made in burr walnut burl, solid walnut, inlays in fruitwoods, top in leather stamped in gold and green felt interior. Suggestive, scenographic, beautiful in appearance and form, it embodies the utmost expression of European 19th-century art cabinetmaking, solid and refined. The piece initially presents itself as a sumptuous wall console with a sinuous, bow-like profile. The external top is entirely in a precious and figured burr walnut burl with superb mirror-like grain, enriched at the corners by delicate geometric and floral inlays in dark wood that frame the author's signature. The table hides an ingenious and fluid functional mechanism: 1. The top rotates 90 degrees to reveal a subtop compartment (game box), entirely lined with original green felt of the era, ideal for storing cards, stakes, or chessboards. 2. Book-open (Dual-Function): once rotated, the top opens like a book, doubling its surface and transforming into a majestic central game table or living-room table. Once opened, the interior reveals a superb game surface. The central area is clad in the finest brown leather, perimeter-decorated with an elaborate gold-embossed border (impressed gold with Greek and floral geometric motifs). At the exact center stands an oval medallion, always stamped in gold leaf, with classically inspired details. At the four outer corners of the burl walnut, four hemispherical recesses (cardholders or glass-pads) are expertly carved from the solid wood and finished in burl. The structure rests on an imposing sculptural central stem with four curved legs (quadripod). The four uprights, shaped in a scroll, converge toward a central keystone decorated with bas-relief medallions, topped by an elegant turned and carved pinnacle. The legs terminate in feet with stylized scrolls. This table is not only a masterpiece of cabinetmaking, but the silent guardian of a golden era. In the ancient gesture of turning its top, the composed elegance of a wall console becomes the vibrant sociability of an 19th-century salon. In its deep burl, one can almost hear the rustle of cards, the touch of gloved hands, and secrets whispered by candlelight. Signed by its author as a precious tapestry, this furniture carries into the present the eternal charm of a beauty that knows no sunset. Condition: Excellent structural state. Only a slight, superficial whiteish opacification (likely heat-induced stain) near the signature is noted. The anomaly is purely aesthetic, does not affect the wood or the inlay, and is easily resolved with a common spirit polishing restoration. Code 346 Dimensions when open: Height 77 cm Width 98 cm Depth 100 cm Dimensions when closed as console: Height 77 cm Width 98 cm Depth 50 cm It will be shipped carefully packed and insured. NB: As these are antique objects, there may be cracks, stains, small missing parts, signs of age, etc. Please review the photos carefully.

Estimate:£676.09

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