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Texas Cherry & Walnut Center Table Attr to Jahn

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Texas Cherry & Walnut Center Table Attr to Jahn
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Texas Cherry & Walnut Center Table. Tri-pod, round, curved legs, 38''x29'' This middle 19th Century handmade center table measures 27-1/2” tall and is constructed of cherry and walnut. The 7/8” x 38” diameter cherry tilting top is composed of four random width boards. The boards attached on the edge and secured with glue and screwed cleats. It sits atop a turned pedestal with tripod legs.
The tilting assembly consists of two 1” x 22” tapered cleats, which are attached by two hidden pegs to the 1-1/2” x 10-1/2” x 11” walnut pivot block. The top pivots at a 90 Degree angle against the rounded-over block. A wooden keeper (attached by one screw) secures the top to the pivot black. A 1-1/2” x 1-5/8” x 1-3/4” mortise (in the pivot back) accepts the tenoned pedestal.
The pedestal is composed of two pieces of walnut. Visually, the pedestal is separated into four sections: rise-vase-ring; bulb; ring-cylinder-ring; and bulbous finial (on bottom). The widest turning is a 5” diameter. The pedestal was most likely turned by a treadle lathe.
The tenoned tripod legs (2” stock) attach to the mortised cylindrical boss, which measures 17” in length. The scroll legs with rounded knees transition into a cyma reverse curve and terminate at the feet. The cyma curve is interrupted by two convex half rounds. The corners of the feet are mitered 1-1/2” from the bottom, resulting in a slightly octagonal form. Iron casters are partially recessed into the bottom of the feet.
The table has been restored and the center most board appears to be replaced. Most documented tilt-top tables were constructed in Fayette, Gillespie and Comal Counties. Attibuted to Texas craftsman Johann M. Jahn, New Braunfels Texas. In as much as Johann M. Jahn was the only documented cabinetmaker to use cherry, this center table could be a product of another cabinetmaker residing in the aforementioned counties. Previously acquired from the Kelley Young Estate at the Burley Auction gallery on October 25, 2009.