Lot 236
236
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE

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

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The three-quarter galleried top above a rectangular frieze set to the front with a drawer fitted with writing slide, on foliate-clasped tapering legs joined by a shaped undertier
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 24in. (61 cm.) wide, 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 November 2010, lot 34.

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Lot Essay

The present table is a direct copy of Jean-Henri Riesener's original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette's cabinet intérieur at Versailles. This highly popular model was produced by the preeminent ébénistes of the mid-to-late 19th century, including makers like Henry Dasson, E.-Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent and Gervais Durand, an example of which sold Christie's, New York, 21 October 2015, lot 76 ($43,750).

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