Viennese secession pedestal table, 1910s

Modernist pedestal table with an octagonal top highlighted with a black net on a belt and eight eight-sided section legs joined by a spacer top. France, 1920s.

Console table in turned wood resting on four tapered legs, a frieze drawer under the top. England, late 19th century.

Neoclassical curule Directoire stye desk console table opening with two drawers ornamented with pompons handles in the front belt, and two extensive shelves on each side. France, 1970s.

Round Art Deco pedestal table in ebonised wood with a geometric central shaft and resting on four legs. France, 1930s.

Our table was made of birch, solid and veneered, stained a rich brown, and topped off with a slab of Bohemian breccia marble. We date it to around 1928, and attribute the design to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, who coined the term Kultivierte Sachlichkeit (Cultured Objectivity) to describe his work, and distinguish it from the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) practiced by his contemporaries Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Lily Reich. The table bears a passing resemblance to a considerably simplified, marble-topped ovoid one that he designed for his 1934 Berlin living room. Breuhaus was a man on the make. The first of his three marriages was to the daughter of an industrialist, who financed the building of luxury villas and workers’ housing designed by his son-in-law. In 1929, Breuhaus, the son of a dentist, added “de Groot” to his name, falsely linking himself to a distinguished family of painters. By then, he’d been fudging his academic record for years. That didn’t prevent a teaching appointment at the State University of Bavaria, which allowed him to add the prestigious “Herr Professor” prefix to his name. Yet he never followed through on the teaching — he was far too busy designing more luxury villas (commissions he accepted only if he could furnish them as well), and products for his own company, which included furniture, textiles, wallpapers, lighting, and fine silver. In addition to designing aircraft interiors for Lufthansa, and pullman railroad...

Handsome end or side table of golden book-matched elm on a golden flame birch pedestal with ebonized accents.

An oval Vienna Secession two-tier table from Austria circa 1905. Stained Beechwood standing on four tapered legs with patinated bronze sabots. Please note the unusual lower shelf fea...

A superb antique Edwardian occasional side table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1900-1910 period. It is of fine quality, the circular top has stunning designs i...