A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL GILT-DECORATED, MARQUETRY AND EBONIZED WOOD MARBLE-TOP CENTER TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO POTTIER & STYMUS (ACTIVE 1859-1919), NEW YORK CITY, 1870-1890

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A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL GILT-DECORATED, MARQUETRY AND EBONIZED WOOD MARBLE-TOP CENTER TABLE
Attributed to Pottier & Stymus (active 1859-1919), New York City, 1870-1890
The lozenge-shaped marble top enclosed by a conforming ormolu frame set with burl and crossbanded inlay punctuated at each quarter by scrolling oval marquetry reserves above a conforming stepped and serpentine apron centering scrolling lozenge-shaped marquetry reserves over a ring-turned and ormolu-mounted canopied cylindrical support surrounded by four scrolled and gilt-incised supports headed by volute-carved and acanthus-cast ormolu mounts, all on a quadripartite base with faceted plinth issuing four molded, volute and acanthus carved cabriole legs, on ormolu decorated feet

26½in. high, 37½in. wide, 33½in. deep

Lot Essay

The form of this table, the materials and techniques employed in its manufacture and the historical references implied in its design, are all typical of Renaissance Revival tables made by New York furniture manufactures in the 1870s and 1880s. Related tables are in the collections of the Newark Museum (attributed to J. Jeliff) and the Museum of the City of New York (possibly made by Leon Marcotte).