清 紫檀西番蓮六方月牙桌 Chinese. The flat panel top set above an apron with reticulated carving of floral scrolls and vines, below constricted waist pierced and carved with ruyi-shaped lappets and shaped openwork cartouches, above a band of lotus petals. The apron gently tapering to the straight legs, the feet ending with rectangular section barbed toes, set with a hexagonal panel intricately reticulated with a stylised lotus bloom amid dense foliate of undulating leaves. Qing Dynasty period. 西番蓮紋在明清時期的古典家具中應用比較廣泛，其圖案紋樣吸納了西歐紋飾，形成獨特的西番蓮紋。清代特別是在康熙年間，宮廷中更是大量聘用西洋藝術匠師。諸多西方文化樣式中，由明代傳人至清代盛行的西方圖案——“西番蓮紋’’尤為著名，並成為廣泛地應用於紅木雕刻中的典型紋飾。這款多邊形的几案半桌運用的西番蓮紋的鏤空雕飾，中式家具的造型結合西式紋理的搭配，並且我們在此基礎上用如意造型和紋理作桌腿的收腳，豐富的雕飾卻不顯得繁瑣，再搭配上輕巧的如意桌腿，顯的這張扇面桌精緻而又優美。來源: 佛羅里達州私人收藏