Side table in gilded bronze with porcelain panels; the top...
Side table in gilded bronze with porcelain panels; the top is decorated with medallions depicting illustrious women, with a portrait of King Louis XVI in the center, resting on a baluster-style shaft with a triangular base decorated with foliage, acanthus leaves, and drapery.
Late 19th century.
H_80 cm D_76 cm
Bibliographic reference:
C. Payne, *European Furniture of the 19th Century*, Woodbridge, 1988, p. 221.
This pedestal table is part of a group of similar pieces whose tops feature several types of decoration that are quite similar, some adorned with a full-length portrait of Louis XVI (auction in Paris, Artcurial, December 15, 2021, lot 134, porcelain signed by Claire Rochette), while others also feature medallion portraits of women but have centers decorated with figures of winged children or the Abduction of Europa.
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Side table in gilded bronze with porcelain panels; the top is decorated with medallions depicting illustrious women, with a portrait of King Louis XVI in the center, resting on a baluster-style shaft with a triangular base decorated with foliage, acanthus leaves, and drapery.
Late 19th century.
H_80 cm D_76 cm
Bibliographic reference:
C. Payne, *European Furniture of the 19th Century*, Woodbridge, 1988, p. 221.
This pedestal table is part of a group of similar pieces whose tops feature several types of decoration that are quite similar, some adorned with a full-length portrait of Louis XVI (auction in Paris, Artcurial, December 15, 2021, lot 134, porcelain signed by Claire Rochette), while others also feature medallion portraits of women but have centers decorated with figures of winged children or the Abduction of Europa.
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