A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONISED CENTRE TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONISED CENTRE TABLE
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The inset bleu-turquin marble top above a frieze drawer, centred to front and back with a rectangular relief cast plaque of playful putti, on square tapering legs mounted with musical attributes
30.in. (76 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This table de milieu in the style of Riesener is of very fine construction reminiscent of François Linke’s atelier. An unusual and rare model, another example identical, but in plain mahogany with fleur de pècher marble, signed by François Linke sold Christie’s, New York, 10 October 2001, lot 363.

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