Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings Rookwood Pottery

Rookwood Pottery

The lowboy is raised on cabriole legs terminating to pad feet

Galien-Laloue was the eldest of nine children

Littman received highly positive judgment of his work by such celebrated artists as Aristide Maillol

fluted chamfered corners

Aesthetic Movement Merklen Brothers Carved Walnut Library Table Desk NY 1890 Paintings Rookwood PotteryA fabulous antique American Aesthetic Movement carved walnut library table or desk, by Merklen Brothers, New York, circa 1890. Merklen Brothers of New York Gilded Age furniture is highly recognizable by their signature construction techniques and being stylistically distinct from European fashions of the period. The table top is carved with a frieze border and gadrooned edge, the skirt is finely and deeply carved with scrolling foliate and other