Large American backstage table.
With a richly decorated foot culminating in four claw feet.
Bronze wheels under the legs.
The round top with scalloped edge, above a single baluster-shaped column decorated with carved acanthus, on four curved claw feet, including five additional intermediate leaves, each with the same decorated edge.
The table has a diameter of 150 cm.
That's big for a round table.
This offers space for 10 people.
The 5 intermediate leaves are each 30 cm. the same 150 cm. so the total length if you use all the intermediate leaves is 300 cm.
The table offers space for 12 people, large candlesticks and plenty of tableware.
Origin: purchased at auction in Manassas, Virginia (USA) on October 1, 1966.
Once part of the interior of The Farley House, which was built in 1792 and listed as the headquarters for Major General John Sedgwick during the American Civil War. (September 13, 1813 – May 9, 1864)
Given the age of the table it is possible that John Sedgwick used this.
He was fatally shot by a sniper when he said: 'They can't hit an elephant from this distance.'
