A Fantastic Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Gueridon After Riesener

$15,000 The plum pudding mahogany rectangular flame veneered top with pierced three-quarter gallery, above a single frieze drawer centered with a pair of putti keyhole, the sides each mounted with Minerva’s helmet, supported on tapering legs each headed by flower swags, joined by a shaped galleried undertier, on castors. The Lock Stamped Duvivier A Paris and Numbered 31276. After the very famous 18th century model by Jean-Henry Riesener. This table is an almost identical copy of Jean-Henri Riesener’s original supplied in 1780 for Marie-Antoinette’s cabinet intérieur at Versailles. In the 19th century’s leading ébénistes often reproduced this model, including François Linke (index no. 881), Henry Dasson and E.-Guillaume-Edmond Lexcellent. Details: Height – 30 inches / 76cm Width – 23 inches / 58cm Depth – 17 inches / 43cm