Lot Essay
For an illustration of a table by Allard very similar in form to the present lot, please see D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 28.
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POSSIBLY BY JULES ALLARD ET FILS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted marquetry centre-table
Possibly by Jules Allard et Fils, Third quarter 19th Century
The serpentine top centred by a flowering bouquet, flanked to the sides by further panels of flowers with strapwork cartouches, the angles inlaid with trellis panels, the front with a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs each headed by a female caryatid and joined by a shaped stretcher centred by an urn, terminating in pierced acanthus-cast feet
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 52¾ in. (134 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
Possibly by Jules Allard et Fils, Third quarter 19th Century
The serpentine top centred by a flowering bouquet, flanked to the sides by further panels of flowers with strapwork cartouches, the angles inlaid with trellis panels, the front with a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs each headed by a female caryatid and joined by a shaped stretcher centred by an urn, terminating in pierced acanthus-cast feet
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 52¾ in. (134 cm.) wide; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
Special notice
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