Ref no: B78764

Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted occasional table or guéridon in amaranth and bois satiné, with a square Brocatelle d’Espagne marble top, ribbon-tied lambrequin mounts, foliate capitals and a lower marble tier. France, circa 1870.

A Louis XVI Style Amaranth and Bois Satiné Guéridon

France, Circa 1870

£14,000

Date: Circa 1870
Origin: France
Medium: Amaranth

Height: 83 cm (33 in)
Width: 46 cm (19 in)
Depth: 46 cm (19 in)
Weight: 18 kg

Description

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Amaranth and Bois Satiné Occasional Table or Guéridon.

The square top with canted corners and inset with a Brocatelle d’Espagne marble top. The frieze applied with ribbon-tied lambrequin mounts. One side with a drawer. The slender square legs headed by unusual open volute foliate capitals and united by a marble tier.

France, Circa 1870.

This unusual gueridon relates to a pedestal table described as Louis XV period sold from the Beurdeley collection, see Catalogue Objets d’Art et d’Ameublement des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles, Porcelaines etc. Composant la treizième Vente Beurdeley, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 11-13 April 1900, lot 310.

The related pedestal table (centre) sold from the Beurdeley collection, Paris in April 1900.

Three-quarter view of a French Louis XVI style occasional table in amaranth and bois satiné, with a Brocatelle d’Espagne marble top, gilt-bronze mounts and lower marble tier, circa 1870.

Three-quarter view of the Louis XVI style guéridon with its frieze drawer open, showing the drawer construction, gilt-bronze mounts and figured amaranth and bois satiné veneers.

Detail of the Brocatelle d’Espagne marble top of a Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted guéridon, circa 1870, showing its rich golden and reddish-brown veining and canted corners.

Detail of the slender square legs of the Louis XVI style guéridon, showing the unusual open volute gilt-bronze capitals with foliate ornament and the lower marble tier.