A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY VITRINE-TABLE
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY VITRINE-TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF WEISWEILER, ATTRIBUTED TO ZWIENER, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY VITRINE-TABLE
IN THE MANNER OF WEISWEILER, ATTRIBUTED TO ZWIENER, PARIS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The top with hinged glazed-frame covering a gold velvet-lined interior, the frieze applied with foliate garlands and to the front and back with a relief-cast portrait medallion of Mars amongst scrolling-vine, on four basket-bearing caryatid supports joined by a pierced stretcher centred by a basket, on filled-fluted feet with engine-turned sabots
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Please see lot 314 for a comparable table by François Linke and a discussion of the model by Weisweiler. This table is a vitrine, or bijoutière, version of the type more usually with a marble top, of which an example by Zwiener sold A Private Collection Volume II, Sotheby's, New York, 19 April 2007, lot 131 ($45,000).

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