Figure 12 One of a pair of encoignures (corner tables) attributed to Charles-Honoré Lannuier, New York City, possibly 1819. Mahogany and mahogany veneer with white pine; gilded gesso, vert antique, gilded cast brass, and marble. Dimensions not recorded. (Courtesy, Museo de Artes Decorativas, Santa Clara, Cuba.) Originally this encoignure and its mate had marble tops, fragments of which are retained by the museum. The center ornament on the apron, which was identical to the one on the card table illustrated in fig. 7, has lost its outer terminating volutes. The lower edge of the apron most likely had the same lozenge-patterned, die-stamped brass banding as the card table. |