Rare Pair of American Rococo Carved Rosewood "Multi-Form" Tables, mid-19th, attr. to Charles Baudouine, New York, convertible to center table or pair of consoles or pair of foldover games tables, serpentine foldover top, floral apron, scrolled legs and stretchers, casters, h. 29 1/2 in., w. 50 1/2 in., d. (closed) 17 1/4 in., d. (open) 54 1/2 in. Provenance: The Schoenberger Collection, 1812 Palmer Avenue, New Orleans. Note: This lot is identical to a “multi-form” rosewood table bearing the stenciled mark of Charles Baudouine (wc. 1829-1856) purchased in 1852 by J. Watson Williams and installed in his Utica mansion, Fountain Elms, now in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Another table nearly identical to this lot is in the Bayou Bend Collection, Houston.Reference: D’Ambrosio. Masterpieces of American Furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, p. 87, fig. 29; Tracy, et al. 19th c. America Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, fig. 133.

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