Lot 88
88
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CHARLES X ORMOLU AND MALACHITE CENTRE TABLE, the circular malachite-veneered top above a frieze decorated with ribbon-tied husk festoons, foliate and anthemion rosettes between swans with outstretched wings, on three turned tapering monopodiae headed by winged cherub busts, on a concave-fronted triangular base with foliate rosettes and palmette-sprays centred by a malachite-veneered circular plaform, on fluted spreading support with foliate-scrolls, stepped base and conforming acanthus-cast foot, with concealed brass castors

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A CHARLES X ORMOLU AND MALACHITE CENTRE TABLE, the circular malachite-veneered top above a frieze decorated with ribbon-tied husk festoons, foliate and anthemion rosettes between swans with outstretched wings, on three turned tapering monopodiae headed by winged cherub busts, on a concave-fronted triangular base with foliate rosettes and palmette-sprays centred by a malachite-veneered circular plaform, on fluted spreading support with foliate-scrolls, stepped base and conforming acanthus-cast foot, with concealed brass castors
24in. (61cm.) diameter; 30½in. (77.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

A loosely related malachite-veneered table with winged ormolu caryatid-supports was supplied by Pierre Philippe Thomire circa 1890-14 to Jérome Bonaparte, and it is now displayed in the Museo Stibbut, Florence (illustrated in A.M. Ginsti Pietre Dure, Hardstone in Furniture and Decorations, London, 1992, p. 214, pl. 119)

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