LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND MARQUETRY CENTER TABLE. FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZA6718
Louis XVI style table. France, 19th century. Parquet top. Mahogany, rosewood, gilt bronze. The legs, which retain their respective rollers, have the shape of a circular column starting from a die and ending in vase-shaped figures highlighted with garlands, fine mouldings, plant elements and capitals similar to those of the classical Ionic order. The truncated cone profile of the legs closely follows the French Louis XVI models known as “pied à l'antique”. From the dies of each two legs emerges a semicircular jamb, the two joined in the centre in another die, topped by a vase with profiles inspired by classical art. The waist of the table has semicircular shapes on the smaller sides and a rectangular projection on the larger ones; it is flanked by two gilt bronze mouldings, and has a decoration of gilt bronze plant elements on a green background, as well as some dies reminiscent of classical triglyphs in the corners of the rectangular areas. The upper board, which follows these same lines, shows a marquetry decoration drawing six-pointed stars thanks to a composition of geometric inlaid cubes. A drawer is hidden in one of the rectangular sides of the table. Neoclassical furniture, in France, appeared during the reign of Louis XV, from about the 1750s. It retains certain details of the French Transition style (about 1750-1774) such as its inspiration from Greco-Latin Antiquity, the popularization of geometric marquetry and the use of some curves. The Louis XVI style presents classicist scrolls, straight lines, classical architectural elements, symmetrical and clean shapes, not too much movement, etc. It was very common in the 19th century to use furniture styles from before that century as inspiration for a series of creations. The table, which stands out for both the quality of its design and the materials used in it, can be related to examples of cabinetmakers and firms as renowned as “Holland and Sons”, whose creations inspired numerous works, or those of Adam Weisweiler (France, c. 1750-after 1810), for example.
· Size: 118x70x76 cms
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