OF RENAISSANCE STYLE LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A NORTH EUROPEAN WALNUT DRAW-LEAF DINING TABLE
OF RENAISSANCE STYLE LATE 19TH CENTURY
With a cleated and beaded top above a foliate bolection moulded frieze with tablets depicting reclining figures, the foliate carved and scrolled standard ends supports centred by figural groups and flanked by winged female busts, the arcaded stretcher carved with shells, foliage and rams heads and the base with masks and adorsed seahorses
31in. (79cm.) high, 36in. (92cm.) wide, 72in. (181cm.) long, 128in. (325cm.) extended

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This lot is stamped to the underside of the stretcher E EYMONAUD PARIS MODÈLE DÉPOSÉ

Lot Essay

The carved decoration on this table is influenced by examples from the mid-16th century, notably the work of Hughes Sambin, who used fruit garlands and winged chimerae to embellish his work. His book, Oeuvres de la diversité des termes, published in 1572, was influential in developing a distinctively French style of Renaissance ornament. An unattributed table showing many similarities in design to the present example is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Le Meuble Français et Européen du Moyen Âge a Nos Jours, Paris, 1991.

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