A WALNUT AND GILT-BRONZE CENTER TABLE

SÜE ET MARE, CIRCA 1923

Details

A WALNUT AND GILT-BRONZE CENTER TABLE
Süe et Mare, circa 1923
The circular top and apron inset with burr walnut veneer, the table edge carved in a gadrooned motif, the stylized cabriole legs joined to the apron with finely cast and chased gilt-bronze mounts in the form of conventionalized flowerheads and leaves
29in. (73.66cm.) high, 43½in. (110.49cm.) diameter

Literature

Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Vol. 4, p. XVIII, where it is illustrated as it was displayed in the exhibition of Manufacture Nationale des Tapisseries de Beauvais, at the 1925 Exposition; other illustrations of the table in Camard, pp. 223 and 270, with variants on p. 278

Exhibited

Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925

Lot Essay

According to the records of La Compagnie des Arts Français, only one table of this model was produced. This table is described in the literature as "une table à jeux pour Monteaux". Close examination bears out that description of the table as originally being a games table.