Lot Essay
An almost identical guéridon is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, illustrated in Deviney & Janneau, Le Meuble Léger en France, Paris 1952, pl.211.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE GUERIDON with circular marble top within a channelled moulded collar, on scrolling channelled ribbon-twisted moulded platform joined by concave-fronted stretchers surmounted by a star-burst and ball finial, the marble damaged, the top moved
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE GUERIDON with circular marble top within a channelled moulded collar, on scrolling channelled ribbon-twisted moulded platform joined by concave-fronted stretchers surmounted by a star-burst and ball finial, the marble damaged, the top moved
23½in. (59.5cm.) diam.; 28½in. (70.5cm.) high
23½in. (59.5cm.) diam.; 28½in. (70.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sold, Sotheby's New York, 2 May 1983, lot 111.