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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY , FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE
A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY , FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE
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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY , FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE

BY MAISON PRETOT, PARIS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, EBONY , FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE
BY MAISON PRETOT, PARIS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine shaped brocatelle d'Espagne marble above a panelled frieze set with floral marquetry reserves fronted by a drawer, on cabriole legs with pierced foliate rocaille clasps, joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher with an urn finial, stamped 'MAISON PRETOT / & CIE / PARIS'
35 ½ in. (91.5 cm.) high; 62 in. (157 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

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Hyppolyte-Edmé Pretot (1812-1855) was born in Paris and established workshops at 16, rue de l'abbaye in 1836; 11, bis, rue Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1841; and from 1846 at 3 & 5, rue de Harlay. He exhibited at the 1849 Paris Exposition Nationale and at the 1851 London Great Exhibition, where he obtained a medal for hardstone-mounted furniture.

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