An American Lacquered Chinoiserie Folding Card Table c.1923 sub-Religion & Relics The Boards: 7

The Boards: 7

the people from the Hezhen ethnic group in northeast China are known as “the fish-skin tribe” because their clothes were made from large fish skins

Sometimes French examples such as these are termed ‘Brûle-parfum’ which translates literally as "burnt fragrance

the glass showing a desirable amount of age

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An American Lacquered Chinoiserie Folding Card Table c.1923 sub-Religion & Relics The Boards: 7Origin: American Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1923 The Top: 30 square Height: 27. 5 The early 20thC black lacquered transportable folding card table of square form, having an inset leatherette top with a gilded border depicting chinoiserie inspired motifs and scenes, on four tapering legs, and stamped to the underside Patented May 1 & Dec 18, 1923, F. BM. Co Hoboken N. J. surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century