PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DR. MILTON AND MRS. MARILYN MYERS, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE

BY E.-GUILLAUME-EDMOND LEXCELLENT, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE
BY E.-GUILLAUME-EDMOND LEXCELLENT, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular brèche violette marble top above a scrolling foliate frieze centered a sunburst mask and ribbon-tied laurel leaves, on tapering fluted legs headed by foliate-tied flower-filled cornucopiae, the carcass stamped LEXCELLENT PARIS four times
29 1/8 in. (74 cm.) high, 46 7/8 in. (119 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 November 2001, lot 228.

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Lot Essay

Lexcellent's magasin was located at 46, rue de Charenton in Paris and later at 8, rue Bréguet. He showed in the Expositions Universelles of 1855, 1867 and 1889, winning an honorable mention in the first, a bronze medal in the second and a silver medal in the third. As the present piece would suggest, he was known for his reproductions and interpretations of 18th century models by André-Charles Boulle, Jean-Henri Riesener and Adam Weisweiler.

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