An American Lacquered Chinoiserie Folding Card Table c.1923 sub-Religion & Relics Provenance: Lady Radcliffe & Sir

Provenance: Lady Radcliffe & Sir Joseph Radcliffe

The gilding is retained largely and there are bad abrasions

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

All the fragments are interesting in one way or another with some good colourings and have been lightly cleaned

and signed ‘Charles 1st after Van Dyke

An American Lacquered Chinoiserie Folding Card Table c.1923 sub-Religion & Relics Provenance: Lady Radcliffe & SirOrigin: 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