LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, BOIS CITRONNIER MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
The rounded rectangular top inlaid with draped female figures emblematic of astronomy centred by a celestial globe, the angles with flowerheads flanked by scrolling foliage, the breakfront frieze within matted borders and scrolling foliate mounts with a central drawer inlaid with putti emblematic of astronomy, the reverse with a simulated drawer conformingly inlaid and on faceted tapering legs mounted with baguettes and terminating in upswept foliate and ball sabots
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 43 in. (109.5 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

De Crescenzo, Rome, 10 April 1990, lot 100.

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Lot Essay

This ormolu-enriched table, embellished with Roman foliage and inlaid with figures emblematic of astronomy, is derived from the celebrated table supplied in 1771 for Louis XVI's Garde-Meuble by Jean-Henri Riesener (maître in 1768), now on display at the Petit Trianon, Versailles.

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