A Russian Neclassical Style Centre Table by Maison Jansen

“A very fine and rare Russian Neoclassical Style Centre Table by Jansen. This table with ebonized woods is finely casted in bronze mounts sitting on a tri-pod base having all over bronze mounts leading to a central tapering support. The white and gray veined marble top framed in a drape and tassel form bronze border. This piece is a fine example of the decorators workmanship. This piece is accompanied by a letter of Authentication from James Archer Abbott, Author of ‘Designing Camelot: the Kennedy White House Restoration’ as well as both Jansen Furniture Books. James Archer Abbott serves as Director and Curator of Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library – one of two museums owned and operated by the university. Mr. Abbott’s publications include the following exhibition catalogs: Visions of Washington Irving: Selections from the Collections of Historic Hudson Valley (co-author, 1991)|| Classical to 19th-Century America: The Influence of Berry Tracy on the Historical Interior (1994)|| and A Frenchman in Camelot: The Decoration of the Kennedy White House by Stéphane Boudin (1995). Mr. Abbott co-wrote with Elaine Rice a further exploration of the Kennedy White House décor, entitled Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration, which was published by Van Nostrand Reinhold in 1998. In 2006, he completed a well-received history of the international design firm Jansen (1880-1989), entitled “”JANSEN,”” and published by Acanthus Press, LLC. This was followed by a companion volume, “”JANSEN Furniture,”” published in spring 2007. “