Side table - Ebonized Lamp - Wood - Hand-painted





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A wooden ebony-finished nightstand dating from the 1850s–1900s, made in France, in antique style, with hand-painted floral decoration and a circular top over a slender, turned column, and a square base in good used condition with minor signs of age.
Description from the seller
It is a 19th-century nightstand that rises with that vertical elegance so typical of pieces designed to accompany select corners, and it does so through a slender, precisely turned column, which ebony transforms into a deep black, almost lacquered, where light slides with a restrained sheen. On that darkness, the hand-painted floral motifs acquire a delicate presence: green leaves that curve naturally, pale flowers that seem suspended in a small gesture of light, all executed with that artisanal rhythm that distinguishes nineteenth-century workshops that sought to fuse utility and ornament.
The circular, discreet, and well-proportioned top crowns the piece without imposing itself, allowing the column to be the protagonist. Below, the square base introduces an architectural counterpoint: solid, well seated, surrounded by small balusters that lend an almost miniature air, as if the furniture wanted to recall the tradition of the nightstands that served both to support a lamp and to display a treasured object.
Overall, it is a wooden ebonized nightstand from the nineteenth century that combines the sobriety of black with the grace of floral painting, a piece that breathes craftsmanship, decorative taste, and that intimate refinement that characterizes domestic furniture of the era.
Insured shipping and careful packaging.
Seller's Story
It is a 19th-century nightstand that rises with that vertical elegance so typical of pieces designed to accompany select corners, and it does so through a slender, precisely turned column, which ebony transforms into a deep black, almost lacquered, where light slides with a restrained sheen. On that darkness, the hand-painted floral motifs acquire a delicate presence: green leaves that curve naturally, pale flowers that seem suspended in a small gesture of light, all executed with that artisanal rhythm that distinguishes nineteenth-century workshops that sought to fuse utility and ornament.
The circular, discreet, and well-proportioned top crowns the piece without imposing itself, allowing the column to be the protagonist. Below, the square base introduces an architectural counterpoint: solid, well seated, surrounded by small balusters that lend an almost miniature air, as if the furniture wanted to recall the tradition of the nightstands that served both to support a lamp and to display a treasured object.
Overall, it is a wooden ebonized nightstand from the nineteenth century that combines the sobriety of black with the grace of floral painting, a piece that breathes craftsmanship, decorative taste, and that intimate refinement that characterizes domestic furniture of the era.
Insured shipping and careful packaging.

