ID 1177055
Lot 210 | A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID EBONY, VERRE EGLOMISE AND MAHOGANY GUERIDON
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
ATTRIBUTED TO ADAM WEISWEILER, CIRCA 1790
The circular pierced galleried vert-de-mer marble top above a paneled frieze drawer, mounted with egg-and-dart and inlaid with ebonized panels, on hexagonal tapering legs inlaid with pewter simulated flutes, joined by a circular verre eglomisé circular platform stretcher decorated with palm
ettes, on curved supports and hung with palmettes, on turned legs and toupie feet, some flaking and losses to decoration of stretcher
30 in. (76.5 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Touzain, Paris, 9 March 1926.
The Wildenstein Collection; Christie's London, 15 December 2005, lot 393.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Ebonywood, Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Ebonywood, Mahogany, Gold, Wood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
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