A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY TABLES EN CABARET

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY TABLES EN CABARET
Each with a grey-veined white marble top with pierced gallery above an engine-turned border, on ring-turned balustre supports, above three galleried tiers with lozenge parquetry and square supports, on slender toupie feet, one with indistinct pencil inscription and stamped '185 563', the other stamped '563' three times '125 40 565', three feet probably replaced
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide; 9½ in. (24 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

A Louis XVI table en cabaret of this form is illustrated in G.Janneau, Le Meuble Léger En France, Paris, 1952, pl.244, whilst an almost identical pair was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 15 December 1994, lot 138 (£12,100).

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