Antique Austrian Biedermeier Circular Walnut Dining Center Table Ebonized, Circa 1820 Decorative Arts signed to the upper left

signed to the upper left "F Norman

The painting circa 1780

in the shape of a Nautilus shell

which was chewed ritually by high ranking Indonesian officials and adopted by settlers from the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC)

the top having a stepped crown

Antique Austrian Biedermeier Circular Walnut Dining Center Table Ebonized, Circa 1820 Decorative Arts signed to the upper leftA fine antique Austrian Biedermeier dining or center table, circa 1820. This very elegant table made from blond walnut and having an ebonized top and ebonized accents, the base with brass line inlay. The circular ebonized top is raised on a flared 'palm leaf' pedestal inlaid with brass stringing, the pedestal in turn is raised on six ebonized spheres. The reverse trefoil base having three lobes with circular ebonized caps and circular turned ebonized