A 'Boulle' Marquetry Guéridon
Description
The whole of tortoiseshell inlaid with pewter and brass marquetry or premier-parte mounted with finely cast gilt bronze mounts, the circular top decorated with designs of arabesques, foliage and butterflies of mother-of-pearl, raised by a baluster form shaft supported by a three cast gilt bronze winged dragons resting on a plinth.
French, 1870
You may also like
-
A Magnificent Cartonnier in the Louis XVI Manner after the Original Creation Made by Simon Oeben -
An Exceptionally Rare Secrétaire, After the J.H. Riesener Example in The Wallace Collection -
An Important Pair of Torchères in the Louis XV Manner -
A Thomas Hope Armchair -
A Monumental Ormolu Mirror Exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889 By Henry Dasson of Paris Henry Dasson (1825 - 1896) -
Pair of Exhibition Quality Carved Figures on Plinths Attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel Valentino Panciera Besarel (1829 - 1902)
