A c.1890 Chinese Marble Topped & Gilded Hardwood Occasional Table sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The book "Titanic's Last Secrets"

The book "Titanic's Last Secrets" includes a detailed account of one of Cheiro's palm readings with William Pirrie

and his outline engravings of 1793-5 illustrating Homer and Dante won him an international reputation unmatched by any contemporary British artist

A gild necklace

this pair make good investment pictures from a true old master

The flower head motif on the hinge is a particularly desirable design feature

A c.1890 Chinese Marble Topped & Gilded Hardwood Occasional Table sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The book "Titanic's Last Secrets"Origin: Chinese Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 24 inches Diameter: 17. 25 inches The hardwood occasional table having a gadroooned inset marble top and pierced carved frieze of lotus blossom flowers, the legs with dragon masks and joined by stretchers standing on ball and claw feet, the whole later gilded, survives from late nineteenth century China. The condition of the table cosmetically tired but