A Fine Companion Pair of Louis XVI Style Gueridons
£18,000
A Fine Companion Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Cube Parquetry Gueridons With Vert Maurin Marble Tops. Each gueridon is of...
Dimensions
Height: 83 cm (33 in)Width: 45 cm (18 in)
Depth: 36 cm (15 in)
Description
A Fine Companion Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Cube Parquetry Gueridons With Vert Maurin Marble Tops.
Each gueridon is of oval shape with a pierced gilt-bronze gallery and a Vert Maurin marble top. Below is a central frieze drawer, centred by finely chiselled gilt bronze mounts of ribbon tied cornucopia, issuing trailing vines and flowers. One gueridon is fitted with a single door fronted by simulated drawers, the other fitted with a galleried shel. Each table is raised on raised on fluted tapering legs united by kidney shaped undertiers.
Date
Circa 1880
Origin
France
Medium
Mahogany