Console Table
A fine Ah Tay Late Rococo style console table
ESTIMATE
PHP 50,000 - 55,000
Late 19th century
Manila
Narra wood
79.5 x 103 x 44 (31 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 17 1/4 in)
Placed against a wall, console tables used to be among the most lavishly decorated pieces of furniture. Excellent craftsmanship, elegant design, slender members, and exceptionally fine details point its origin to the talleres of Binondo-based Chinese master furniture maker, Ah Tay. The elaborate lower components of the table echo the graceful serpentine shape, molded edge, and turreted corners of the top. The frieze drawer is carved with a basketweave pattern of diagonal openwork plaiting, centering a scrolled cartouche pull. There is an abundance of crisp and fine carvings of flowers, foliates, C- and S-scrolls on the apron, knees and x-stretcher centering a superbly carved bulbous urn finial, an Ah Tay trademark. The curvaceous legs with carved beading along the edges end in whorl feet. This elegant table is enriched by the distinct interlocking grain and honey-colored luster of narra wood.
Lot 211 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.
Console Table
A fine Ah Tay Late Rococo style console table
ESTIMATE
PHP 50,000 - 55,000
Late 19th century
Manila
Narra wood
79.5 x 103 x 44 (31 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 17 1/4 in)
Placed against a wall, console tables used to be among the most lavishly decorated pieces of furniture. Excellent craftsmanship, elegant design, slender members, and exceptionally fine details point its origin to the talleres of Binondo-based Chinese master furniture maker, Ah Tay. The elaborate lower components of the table echo the graceful serpentine shape, molded edge, and turreted corners of the top. The frieze drawer is carved with a basketweave pattern of diagonal openwork plaiting, centering a scrolled cartouche pull. There is an abundance of crisp and fine carvings of flowers, foliates, C- and S-scrolls on the apron, knees and x-stretcher centering a superbly carved bulbous urn finial, an Ah Tay trademark. The curvaceous legs with carved beading along the edges end in whorl feet. This elegant table is enriched by the distinct interlocking grain and honey-colored luster of narra wood.
Lot 211 of the Salcedo Auctions live and online auction on June 14, 2025. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information and to place an online bid.