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Mid-19th-century, a fine French Louis XVI style marble-top and gilt bronze small gueridon table. Based on a design by Adam Weisweiler.<\/p>\r\n
Constructed in Grey of Belgium marble, mahogany, and amboyna with finely cast and chased gilt bronze mounts; the top tier of circular form supported on cluster legs of bamboo shape in the typical manner of Weisweiler. The columns joined by a concave-shaped lower tier of fine amboyna veneers supported by flared feet dressed with gilt bronze sabots.<\/p>\r\n
This celebrated model of gueridon exemplifies the height of taste at the end of the eighteenth century. It was given by Madame du Barry (1743-1793) to the duc de Brissac, delivered by Lignereux and Daguerre. Daguerre\u2019s inventory describes a table of corresponding description \u201cUne petite table ronde forme de gu\u00e9ridon en racine de bois d\u2019acajou poli sur trois pieds doubles en bronze dor\u00e9 fa\u00e7on de bambous avec entrejambe \u00e0 tablettes et cam\u00e9 de porcelaine ornant la tablette sup\u00e9rieure pris\u00e9e trois cent francs.\u201d (Segoura, Maurice, and Patricia Lemonnier. Weisweiler. Paris: Monelle Hayot, 1983.<\/p>\r\n
Measurements: H 29.13 In. \u2013 Diameter 14.56 In.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Beautiful French furniture, circa 1850-1870, in fine original condition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Vendu. Ce petit gu\u00e9ridon ou petite table tripode, d\u2019une grande \u00e9l\u00e9gance, en acajou et loupe d\u2019amboine, est dans la lign\u00e9e des oeuvres de l\u2019un des plus importants \u00e9b\u00e9nistes parisiens de l\u2019\u00e9poque Louis XVI, Adam Weisweiler, qui a oeuvr\u00e9 tant pour la Cour de France que pour d\u2019importants personnages \u00e9trangers. La partie sup\u00e9rieure est constitu\u00e9e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\n