A Nice Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table
Item # TM1
A Nice Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Center Table
By Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand
The sunburst circular top above a single drawer, four gilt bronze cherub faces above each tapering leg, connected by a stretcher centered by a beautiful circular bronze.
Stamped G. Durand to the underneath of the top.
Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand, (1839- circa 1920) established the Maison Durand firm in 1870, producing top quality furniture. The business triumphed when the firm participated in the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, obtaining a silver medal and commended as “A cabinet maker as skilled as he is humble, he is exhibiting for the first time his furnishing of the highest standards. He designs and creates them; hi sis on the same path as the great Beurdeley and Dasson”. In 1890, when Durand’s son Frédéric-Louis joined the firm, the name was changed to Durand & Fils. The firm was located at 12, rue de la Cerisaie, Paris, but subsequently moved in 1900 to 62, rue Saint-Antoine, the old hotel de Sully.
Details:
Height – 30 inches / 76cm
Diameter – 42.5 inches / 108cm
