A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EMPIRE CENTRE TABLE with circular top inset with a later white-veined black marble top, the ebonised frieze mounted with anthemia and stars, on triple Egyptian female monopodia supports joined by a Y-shaped stretcher centred by a finial and supported by rods
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A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EMPIRE CENTRE TABLE with circular top inset with a later white-veined black marble top, the ebonised frieze mounted with anthemia and stars, on triple Egyptian female monopodia supports joined by a Y-shaped stretcher centred by a finial and supported by rods
21in. (53cm.) diam.; 31in. (79cm.) high
Lot Essay
An athenienne in the Hermitage Museum with very similar feet is illustrated in A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture The Golden Age, London, 1988, p.236