American Eagle “Freedom Is Not Free” Console Table – ET1776

American Eagle Console Table: Master Hand Carved Floating Top Table

The American Eagle Console Table features a black, granite inlaid, table top. At ArtFactory.com all of our stone, marble, and granite is hand cut, on site, by our expert stone masons. We import the highest quality materials from quarries worldwide to provide for a quality of table top that is unmatched anywhere. This also allows us to offer our world class quality stonework in any color of your choosing. When when it comes to stone, marble, and granite, we only deal in the genuine article, and we never use faux or manufactured stones. What this means to you is a furnishing that is built to investment quality, with future antiquity value.

The table also features a solid wrought iron base, trestle, and undercarriage for structural support. This bass is hand forged by our classically trained blacksmiths using old world techniques. In other words, our wrought iron products are hand forged by master artists using fire, hammer, and anvil. Furthermore, all of our solid wrought iron is advance patinated by hand using a multi-step, heat applied process. Our fine art, iron oxide patina process makes for a finish that looks good from day one, then looks better as time goes on.

Freedom Is Not Free Table: Symbolism And Historic Interpretation

Art can play an important role in political and social discourse, often serving as a potent symbol for various concepts and ideologies. Award winning artist H.J. Nick’s “Freedom Is Not Free” carved foyer table makes use of the image of the bald eagle, to represent strength, freedom, and the American spirit. In American symbolism, the bald eagle is a significant emblem, representing the country's values of freedom and democracy.

This hand-carved table depicting an eagle, is a representation of these ideas. The artist has used the image of the eagle and the physical manifestation of the table to convey a tangible connection between the values symbolized by the eagle, and the concrete actions that need to be taken to uphold those values. The table symbolizes a "high price of blood and treasure," to suggest the sacrifices many individuals have made to uphold the values of freedom. The phrase "freedom is not free" is used to signify the struggles and sacrifices that people have endured to secure and maintain their freedoms.

Finally, a "floating table top on the eagle wings" suggests that these freedoms, while supported and uplifted by the strength and courage symbolized by the eagle, are in a constant state of delicacy and require continual support and defense.

American Eagle Historical Inspiration

Since Roman times the eagle has been used as a symbol of strength. The American, or bald eagle has represented the United States since it's first appearance on our national seal in 1782. A committee that included founding fathers Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin designed the seal. Congress adopted the seal as official in June of 1782. The eagle now appears on everything from currency, to buildings, flags, and government documents. Because of this, the bald eagle is widely considered to be an American icon. Now, you can celebrate all things America, and the arts and crafts with this unique, one-of-a-kind, American Eagle Console Table.

Reference: How The Eagle Became America's National Bird

More About Artist H.J. Nick

Proposed Presidential Oval Office Desk By H.J. Nick

It has been well documented over the years that Artist H. J. Nick has always been extremely proud of his French and Italian roots. The grandson of hard working immigrants, that worked proudly as contributing members of the American Dream since the mid 1840s. His family never achieved great wealth, partly due to his father being left on a church step with a note with his name. On top of that, his father's mother died at his birth in 1906. His father was fostered out, and worked as child labor in the under ground coal mines beginning at the age of 12. Later, H.J. Nick's father, as he became older volunteered for two tours in WW2. He brought his three sons up to believe in America, and that freedom was not free.

A Belief In The American Dream

He also believed that the American dream was only achieved by honest hard work and respect for others, as well as our country. H.J. Nick was fortunate to also have a strong, first generation immigrant mother, who instilled his faith in God, country, education, and the American dream. Even after his father became disabled due to a mine cave in, this spirit was still alive in H.J. Nick throughout his meager beginnings.

His contribution is this company ArtFactory.com that has always been a celebration of these immigrants that were never recognized for their great contributions. This American Eagle Console Table is a part of his attempt, along with his offering of the Presidential Oval Office Desk, which he designed to remind whoever was President, that MADE IN THE USA is important to American society and its economy. The American Eagle Console Table is intended to be an offering to be a companion piece to the Presidential Oval Office Desk.