A pair of ormolu and malachite occasional tables

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE

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A pair of ormolu and malachite occasional tables
In the Louis XVI style
Each with a circular malachite veneered top, the frieze with foliage, on three caryatid monopodiae, joined by a shaped stretcher, on tapering fluted legs, stamped LAVIGNE
21¾in. (55cm.) diameter; 27¼in. (69cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The tripod-tables' hermed feet, with basket-bearing nymphs, derive from those of QueenMarie Antoinette's lacquer-veneered table, which was executed in 1784 under the direction of the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre (d. 1796) and is now in the Louvre (see M. Segoura, Weisweiler, Paris 1983, p. 42).

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