Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sold Albert Samuel Anker (1 April

Albert Samuel Anker (1 April 1831 – 16 July 1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss social life

His first solo exhibition

it is finished on each side including the rear so the desk can be in the middle of a room as well as against a wall

This pair of paintings depict a pair of birds in each frame hanging from a pine panel

who had also been the master of Corot

Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sold Albert Samuel Anker (1 AprilA good antique American Chippendale tilt top mahogany table or candlestand, Philadelphia, circa 1770. The table having a circular 'dished' top that is also a tilt top and locks into place with the original hand cut steel locking mechanism, the table having a turned pedestal column with 'barley twist' carving and a twist carved baluster below. The table is raised on a tripod base with three cabriole legs terminating to pad feet with ribbed carving to