A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND MARBLE MAHOGANY GUERIDONS

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, ONE 19TH CENTURY BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, THE OTHER OF LATER DATE

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND MARBLE MAHOGANY GUERIDONS
Of Louis XVI style, one 19th Century by Escalier de Cristal, the other of later date
The grey veined white marble top with a pierced oval gallery on a fluted column joined by a circular plinth to three sabre leafs, the earlier table, stamped under the top ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS the other bearing false stamp, the earlier table with two filed holes to the underside of the top and with two legs spliced
302 in. (77 cm.) high; 12 in. (31 cm.) diam (2)

Sale room notice

The diameter of this lot is 13¾ in. (35 cm.).

Lot Essay

Escalier de Cristal was established at the Palais Royal, nos. 162-3, by Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Charpentier, the widow of Desarnaud, during the Restauration period. Celebrated for objets d'art in ormolu-mounted rock crystal, the firm was acquired by Lahoche et Boin in 1847. By the end of the 19th Century, under the ownership of Pannier Frères (1890-1923), it expanded further, specialising in copies of Louis XVI ébénisterie of superlative quality.

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