Lot Essay
Tables à quadrille are only in exceptional cases mounted and generally somberly decorated and of a firm construction. A case in point is a related table in the Residenz Museum, Munich (B. Langer ed., Die Möbel der Residenz München, Munich, 1995, vol. I, p. 148-150, no. 32).
A further related table, stamped by Jean-Baptiste Galet and acquired by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild is at Waddesdon Manor. (Sir G. de Bellaigue, Furniture, Clocks, Gilt Bronzes, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Freibourg, 1974, vol. I, p. 390, no. 81). A third related table, attributed to BVRB II, (Bernard II van Risen Burgh), is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Greenwich, 1966, vol.I, pp. 222-223, cat. 116.)
Both the third table and this lot have pentagonal legs which are typical of BVRB II's work.
A further related table, stamped by Jean-Baptiste Galet and acquired by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild is at Waddesdon Manor. (Sir G. de Bellaigue, Furniture, Clocks, Gilt Bronzes, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Freibourg, 1974, vol. I, p. 390, no. 81). A third related table, attributed to BVRB II, (Bernard II van Risen Burgh), is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Greenwich, 1966, vol.I, pp. 222-223, cat. 116.)
Both the third table and this lot have pentagonal legs which are typical of BVRB II's work.