Magazine rack - Wood - Canterbury

English side table with Canterbury-type newspapers rack integrated into the lower part, turned wood, from the first half of the 20th century. Small-sized side table, featuring at the bottom a Canterbury-style rack for magazines or newspapers, made of reddish-brown wood. It has a rectangular top with an undulated contour and rounded corners, resting on turned uprights. The lower structure consists of two courses of turned balusters, forming compartments intended for placing magazines, newspapers, sheet music, or books. The ends are finished with cut-out volute elements, and the base rests on transverse feet. The designation Canterbury refers to an English typology of a compartmented stand, originally used to store sheet music and later adapted for newspapers and magazines. English specimens from the 19th century were normally made of mahogany, walnut, or satin wood; the combination with a table top is more characteristic of later revival productions. Country: England. Period: first half of the 20th century, around 1920–1930. Style: English, Victorian/Edwardian revival. Materials: turned and moulded wood. Dimensions: 48 × 51 × 36 cm.

Shows signs of use and age, including scratches, finish wear, marks on the top, and darkening more pronounced at the ends of the feet, as visible in the photographs.