An Unusual 19thC French Ebonised Tripod Table Painted with a Horse Racing Scene sub-Natural History One would be hard pressed

One would be hard pressed to find any kind of gallery easel with more panache and quality than this example

comfortable and mobile piece of furniture

Depth: 18 inches

and presented glazed in a later nineteenth century swept giltwood frame

and opens to an interior of five pigeon holes

An Unusual 19thC French Ebonised Tripod Table Painted with a Horse Racing Scene sub-Natural History One would be hard pressedOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 80 Height: 41. 5 up or 28 down Diameter: 25. 5 The rare and unusual French ebonised and hand decorated tilt top tripod table, the top painted with a horse racing scene showing five galloping horses ridden by jockeys in their silks, amongst an atmospheric powder blue cloudy sky to marshland, to a pattered rim, the turned ebonised base with gilt highlights and shaped legs, surviving