{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":38647,"auction_id":53,"set_id":81,"lot_number":"108","artist":"Dining Table and Set of Chairs Mid-19th Century","title":"Dining Table and Set of Chairs","starting_price":400000,"signed_dated":null,"medium":"Narra, Kamagong, Rattan And Carabao Bone","size":"chair 2: H:36” x L:21” x W:22” (91 cm x 53 cm x 56 cm) dining table: H:31” x L:99” x W:49” (79 cm x 251 cm x 124 cm)","property":null,"coa":null,"provenance":"Nueva Ecija","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"The Tobacco Monopoly of 1782-1882 forced farmers to plant tobacco, and nothing else, on all lands suitable for growing it.  Since Nueva Ecija, then a sub-province of Pampanga, grew 90% of the entire Philippine production, its farmers were forced to clear forests so as to be able to plant rice and other crops to feed themselves.  The influx of hard cash received in payment for tobacco enabled landowners to shift from bartering to a capitalist economy that enabled them to plant more rice and sell their harvest to traders from Manila came up to buy and load the harvested palay in cascos, flat-bottomed boats.  Thus, prosperity came to the area which became an independent province in 1830s, and a spate of house building occurred that lasted until the next century.\nProsperity resulted in lavish hospitality during fiestas and other special occasions, when meals in the large houses were formally served to guests at numerous sittings, the more important ones being fed first, the lesser ones last.  Large dining tables were needed and those of more practical bent had tables that could be extended at will by the addition of several sections that could be used in other parts of the house when not needed.  This type of table is called a ‘magic table’ by collectors today.\nThis particular piece in the Sheraton Style consists of four sections, a pair of rectangular ones with a half-moon section at either end.  Each section stands on four finely turned legs with blunt arrow feet and reeded shafts topped by reels with a ring between them.  The square upper part of each leg is inlaid in carabao bone with a vertical design of five pairs of diamond-shaped leaves on a kamagong stem with a stellar flower at the bottom.  The wide narra aprons joining the legs to each other are appliquéd with a narrow convex molding at the bottom and bordered at the bottom with a row of diamond-shaped lozenges alternating with bone disks incised with a black dot in the middle.  The aprons are line-inlaid in lanite with a horizontal oblong with semicircular ends, the latter with an outside border of bone triangles joined together at the bottom.\nEach section has a top consisting of a solid narra plank whose outer edges are inlaid with a pair or lines containing diamond lozenges and matangpusa like the aprons.  The table tops are line-inlaid in lanite and kamagong with a border having quadrant corners, the latter embellished with a stellar flower.  The last is composed of a bone disk incised with six petals within a carabao horn circle which, in turn, is surrounded by bone triangles alternating with longer 5-sided polygons. The set of narra dining chairs with caned seats that accompany the dining table consist of two carver’s chairs and eight side chairs. Each chair stands on four finely turned front legs and square saber-like legs at the rear.  The front legs end in blunt arrow feet and have reeded shafts topped by reels with a ring between them.  The square upper part of each leg is inlaid with carabao bone in front and at the side with a vertical design of five pairs of diamond-shaped leaves on a kamagong stem with a stellar flower at the bottom.  Finely turned spindles form an H-stretcher to connect the legs.  In front and at the sides of the chair are pairs of narrow horizontal curvilinear flanges on either side of the legs as braces to strengthen the chair.  The seat support is inlaid in front and at the sides with a series of large bone disks flanked by smaller ones, each disk drilled with a dot at the center.  \nThe back stiles are joined by a slightly concave lower back rail edged with molding and embellished with an oblong reserve carved with five reed moldings with a scalloped-edged circle inlaid at the center of the rail.  The latter, made up of drilled disk halves laid end to end, surrounds a stellar flower made up of six attenuated diamond-shaped lozenges, one half of bone and the other half of kamagong.  \nThe top rail has an upper edge that is scrolled towards the back and is inlaid at the center with a circle like that on the lower rail.  The stellar  flower within the circle, however, is made up of eight diamond lozenges radiating from a kamagong circle with a disk drilled with a dot at the center.  Flanking the inlaid circle are symmetrical bone inlays of scrolled lines with fine, diamond-shaped leaves and flowers composed  of a kamagong disk surrounded by petals made up of drilled disk halves.\nThe pair of carver’s chairs, slightly wider than the side chairs, has scrolled arms resting on turned spindle arm supports.  The narrow arms, forming a downward volute towards the front, are inlaid at the top with a series of bone disks like those decorating the seat supports.  The chairs are very well designed and are extremely comfortable to sit on.\n-Martin I. Tinio, Jr.","lot_group":"Furniture","lot_details_html":"<p><strong>Dining Table And Set Of Chairs</strong><br /><em>Mid-19th Century</em><br />Narra, Kamagong, Rattan and Carabao Bone <br />chair 1: H:35 1/2&rdquo; x L:18&rdquo; x W:18 1/2&rdquo; (90 cm x 46 cm x 47 cm)<br />chair 2: H:36&rdquo; x L:21&rdquo; x W:22&rdquo; (91 cm x 53 cm x 56 cm)<br />dining table: H:31&rdquo; x L:99&rdquo; x W:49&rdquo; (79 cm x 251 cm x 124 cm)</p>","alias":null,"hp":900000,"bp":0.168,"isWithdrawn":0,"accounting_hp":900000,"userBid":null,"isPaid":0,"userId":22,"lot_status":"SOLD","isDone":1,"bid_history_id":null,"reserve_price":null,"hammer_price":1051200,"fav":0},"image":[{"id":36930,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/53/81/lot/108.jpg","isFeatured":1},{"id":36936,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/53/81/lot/108b.jpg","isFeatured":0},{"id":36934,"img_url":"https://leongallery.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/v2/auction/53/81/lot/108c.jpg","isFeatured":0}]},"increment":[900000,1000000,1100000,1200000,1300000,1400000,1500000,1600000,1700000,1800000,1900000,2000000,2200000,2400000,2600000,2800000,3000000,3200000,3400000,3600000,3800000,4000000,4200000,4400000,4600000,4800000,5000000,5500000,6000000,6500000,7000000,7500000,8000000,8500000,9000000,9500000,10000000,11000000,12000000,13000000,14000000,15000000,16000000,17000000,18000000,19000000,20000000],"prev":107,"next":109,"count_bid":0,"bid_history":[],"tokenExpired":1}