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Baroque Revival Louis XVI Table
Shea's Buffalo Theatre / Shea's Performing Arts Center
646 Main Street, Buffalo, New York

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The Baroque Revival Louis XVI Table fits in nicely with the rest of same style interior which was designed by Tiffany Studios. The table, as well as other furniture in the theater, was ordered from Marshall Field department store in Chicago

Tiffany Studios designed the interior of four movie houses, but Shea's is the only one functioning in 2009.

Table restored by Arlan Peters and Dominic DeFillippo.


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Cast brass and wood table

Guilloche pattern on frieze

Scroll buttresses


Acanthus leaves ... Bellflowers

Scroll buttress

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Louis XVI


Porcelain medallions of Louis' wife,
Marie Antoinette (not shown)
and ladies-in-waiting

 

 



Special thanks to Shea's President Anthony Conte for his cooperation and to Shea's Restoration Manager Doris Collins for her assistance in June 2009

Photos and their arrangement © 2009 Chuck LaChiusa
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