BY ALFRED-EMMANUEL-LOUIS BEURDELEY, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The Beurdeley dynasty of furniture makers was renowned for the fine quality of its works which skilfully intertwined references to furniture produced under the Ancien Régime. The present table has a distinct pierced looped stretcher with strongly recalls the work of celebrated 18th century ébéniste, Adam Weisweiler. The intertwined dolphins, which centred on the stretcher are also a reference to 18th century French decorative arts, with similar creatures found on works of art spanning the 18th century. A similar intertwined dolphin mount can be found on a table vide poche by Henry Dasson which sold from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, Sotheby’s, New York, 4 November 2005, lot 323 ($33,600).