Pedestal table in Boulle marquetry of tortoiseshell, brass, and pewter, blackened and gilded wood; with octagonal tray decorated with scrolls, winged women with ebony and gilded bronze border, it rests on a faceted shaft decorated with lambrequins, finished by three scrolled feet.
19th century, some old elements.
H. 84 cm, D. 39 cm
A pair of similar pedestal tables preserved at the Residenz in Munich. B. Langer and H. Ottomeyer, Die Französischen Mobel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1995, n1. P. 40.
A pair in the Léon Lévy sale, Sotheby's 2 Oct 2008, another pair in the Robert de Balkany sale Sotheby's 20 Sept 2016, lot 69.
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