AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BRONZE CENTRE TABLE

OF EMPIRE STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

Details

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BRONZE CENTRE TABLE
Of Empire style, 19th Century
The circular verde marble top on four scrolled supports headed by winged mermaids on a concave-sided square base centred by an urn
32½ in. (81 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 10 December 1992, lot 130 (£12,100).

Lot Essay

This table is a copy of one at Fontainebleau and a table of this form appears in the renowned portrait by John Singer Sargent known as Madame X (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). The painting is included in the 1998-1999 Sargent exhibition (no. 26) at The Tate Gallery, London, National Gallery of Art, Washington and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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