A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND MARBLE OCCASIONAL TABLES

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND MARBLE OCCASIONAL TABLES
Each rectangular white marble top with canted corners inset with a verde antico panel and border above a guilloche frieze, on female term supports issuing flower-filled baskets and continuing to panelled tapering legs with trailing foliage joined by a pierced x-form stretcher, on leaf-tip-cast feet, each with inscribed number 14PA85, bearing the stamp E ZWIENER
28in. (71.1cm.) high, 34in. (88.3cm.) wide, 19in. (48.3cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's Monaco, 18 June 1989, lot 144.

Lot Essay

Inspired by Louis XVI 'antique' prototypes executed by the ciseleur-doreur Pierre Gouthire, these tables reflect the neo-classical revival expounded by crafstmen such as Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, Henri Dasson, Franois Linke and Alfred Beurdeley.

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