Rare 19th Century Walnut Rotary Table: For Loading Canut Bobbins Forming The Table Leg.

Rare machine with mechanism for reloading canut silk spindles from the beginning of the 19th century, round, of rare elegance and in very good condition, this museum piece has a rare aesthetic and by its proportions can serve as a central element of an important dining room table with placed on this complex machine a beautiful round glass top revealing the different cogs of the rotary system with pedal and flywheel (working) practical for turning the table when serving.... A rarity worthy of a Lyonnais Museum, a real piece of "Curiosity", beautiful and well built in a healthy walnut with a beautiful vein and a remarkable patina, a piece free of parasites and a rarity of the Silk Industry, marking the apogee of this art of spinning in the beauty of industrial art. A beautiful possible reuse and a central foot of this art of weaving, an unobtainable piece and of an incredible aesthetic...