MARBLE-TOP CENTER TABLE, ca. 1880 Height: 30 1/2” Length: 41” Width: 28”Price $14,000 Painted surface (possibly over walnut) to imitate rosewood; Geometric open fretwork;Incised carving of sunflowers and chrysanthemums Rosewood, an exotic wood from Brazil and India, has a dark, purplish-brown color with a variegated pattern to it’s grain. It was the preferred wood for quality parlor furniture during the 1850’s and 60’s. When rosewood was unavailable furniture was occasionally painted, or grained, to imitate it,like this aesthetic movement center table in the Japanese taste. JMTCT$14,000.00