A round faux bois table in cast concrete, made in France in the 1920s. The top is finished as a slice of timber with a rough bark edge, carried on a base of intertwined branches that rise from a circular plinth, with a small tree stump planter growing from one side. The surface has weathered to a soft grey with traces of lichen, the result of a century outdoors.
Faux bois was a specialty of French craftsmen from the late 19th century onward, and pieces of this scale and sculptural quality are increasingly hard to find. Suitable for garden, terrace or conservatory use.
