Help to identify the goat-headed table please 🙏
Varcikis
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Hello to all 🖐
Please help me identify this table origin/ making/ style/ wood type? Any info is appreciated!
The table features goat-like heads, four fingered paws and ball elements.
Once I started removing what seems to be a non-original paint, a part of veneer ( that seems like a non original repair) came undone, unveiling a checkered-like table top construction.
It looks like it had some stickers on the bottom of the table top, but only sticker marks are left.
I’ve been having a hard time finding anything at all that looks similar. Please share your thoughts and knowledge 🙏
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Baphomet.
Ok, I get it from the head, but the feet are paws and there are no symbols otherwise.
Baphomet is a medium-density fictional South African hardwood that grows 65-100 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter. It is naturally decay resistant and insect repellant. It has a Janka hardness of 666. It is only found in a narrow valley located between 2 volcanos. The only known use is the manufacture of carved goat tables and torture equipment.
Real answer the style is quite baroque. Dunno if it's a repro or what era within baroque (it's not my special interest area) but that might give you something to start with!
The design is a rather poorly considered contemporary adaptation/reinterpretation of an ancient Roman type. This where the leg component has a lion or griffin head at the top ending with a paw at the bottom. The edge of top having what looks like a shorthand of a lambs tongue molding.
Thank you kindly for your answer. Since you have a good idea what it is, what do you think it could be worth? The table is definitely old, it's been locked in the previous owner's house for 80 years and who knows how long before that.
Sorry, this is probably the wrong place to ask about the value of a piece. It's a forum for woodworkers, not antique experts/dealers.
Glad to help. In past I worked in interior design/architecture in NYC- sourced/purchased quite a bit of antique furniture all over Anerica, Europe e.g. - so have some idea about it. To be clear, I wouldn't call it an antique even though it might be a hundred years old. Again, it's not a great piece of furniture although it has "some decorative value" - not a lot of $ value. You might try to see if you could place it in a furniture consignment shop, sell it to dealer, or perhaps online.
Thank you so much 😊
Sure
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