A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Gueridon After Riesener
Item # CC1523
$22,500
The plum pudding mahogany rectangular flame veneered top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above a single frieze drawer centered with a pair of putti keyhole, the sides each mounted with Minerva’s helmet, supported on tapering legs each headed by flower swags, joined by a shaped galleried undertier, on castors.
The Lock Stamped Duvivier A Paris and Numbered 31276.
After the very famous 18th century model by Jean-Henry Riesener.
This table is an almost identical copy of Jean-Henri Riesener’s original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette’s cabinet intérieur at Versailles. In the 19th century’s leading ébénistes often reproduced this model, including François Linke (index no. 881), Henry Dasson and E.-Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent.
Details:
Height – 30 inches / 76cm
Width – 23 inches / 58cm
Depth – 17 inches / 43cm
