Lot 99
99
A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY GUERIDON
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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY GUERIDON

BY CHARLES TOPINO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY WITH A MARBLE TOP, THE CURRENT LEATHER-INSET TOP PROBABLY FITTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, SYCAMORE AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY GUERIDON
BY CHARLES TOPINO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY WITH A MARBLE TOP, THE CURRENT LEATHER-INSET TOP PROBABLY FITTED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The leather-lined circular top with trailing flower border and pierced gallery above a panelled frieze decorated with floral garlands and fitted with a drawer, on panelled supports headed by ribbon-bound floral sprays and decorated with floral trails, joined by a similarly inlaid and galleried circular under-tier and on cabriole legs terminating in cabochon-cast sabots, stamped 'C.TOPINO' and 'JME' and with remains of Clichy storage label, circular printed label 'MUSEE DES ARTS... ' inscribed '32..' and with remains of auction catalogue entry to drawer back '108- Guéridon rond en marqueterie de bois de couleurs. Epoque Louis XVI. Estampille de C. Topino' inscribed in pen '... Chefdebien 14/2/41 H.Drouot salle 10/11 - Ader Esp. Demire a Lacombe (?)', the drawer previously fitted, the sabots possibly replaced
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Collection M. Dubois Chefdebien, sold Etienne Ader, Paris, 14 February 1941, lot 108.
Anonymous sale, Ader-Picard-Tajan, Paris, 4 December 1981, lot 106.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Grands Ebénistes et Menuisiers Parisiens du XVIIIeme Siècle, December 1955 - February 1956, no. 326.
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Lot Essay

Charles Topino, maître in 1773.

This guéridon, inlaid with floral swags, figured among a few pieces by Charles Topino in the important Exhibition Grands Ebénistes et Menuisiers Parisiens du XVIIIe siècle which took place in Paris in 1955-1956 and relates to a few other tables by him. These include a guéridon sold at Christie's London, 14 December 2000, lot 165 and a further example sold in Paris, 21 May 1976 and illustrated in P. Kjelberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIeme siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 845, while another, formerly in the Collection of the Countess of Northbrooke, was sold at Christie'’s, London, 17 April 1980, lot 116.

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