A LATE LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY LARGE CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
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A LATE LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY LARGE CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE

CIRCA 1790, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR

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A LATE LOUIS XVI MAHOGANY LARGE CIRCULAR EXTENDING DINING-TABLE
CIRCA 1790, IN THE MANNER OF BERNARD MOLITOR
The circular top raised on square tapering legs ending in ormolu sabots with casters, with four later mahogany leaves and two later additional supports for the leaves with paired turned matching legs, restorations, later casters
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 75½ in. (192 cm.) diameter; 146¼in. (371.5cm.) long, fully extended with all four leaves
Provenance
Acquired from Gismondi, Paris, 1999.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

With its dependence on the rich figuring of the mahogany and simple ormolu mouldings, this table à manger is designed in the restrained 'Etruscan' style of the 1790s. In character, it resembles the documented oeuvre of Bernard Molitor, who supplied tables à jeux of closely related character and mounts (U. Leben, B. Molitor, London, 1992, p.199, figs. 118a-c).

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