A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED PEDESTAL

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED PEDESTAL
In the Louis XVI style, third quarter 19th Century

Of fluted truncated form, hung with foliate pendants above chandelles, on a circular stepped foot
14½in. (37cm.) diameter at top; 46½in. (118cm.) high

Lot Essay

The Etruscan-black pedestal, formed as a golden flower-garlanded and truncated column with foliage-enriched Ionic-flutes, derives from pedestals in the Louis XVI 'Grecian' manner of the 1770s (see a pair sold in these Rooms 9 June 1994, lot 51).

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