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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE GUERIDONS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE GUERIDONS

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND MARBLE GUERIDONS
19TH CENTURY
Each with a circular grey-veined white marble top within a tooled border, on tripartite base with shaped supports headed by scrolls, joined by a conforming platform and with shaped stretchers centred by a flaming urn, on acanthus-headed paw feet and castors
27¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (52,5 cm.) diameter (2)
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Lot Essay

This type of guéridon was highly fashionable in France in the late 18th and in the early 19th Century. It was probably created by a marchand mercier. Interestingly, related gueridons with mahogany tops, undertiers and supports have been executed by Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820) who is linked to the foremost marchand mercier of that time, Dominique Daguerre.

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