Jacob Desmalter Furniture

A good quality 19th Century French mahogany marble topped Gueridon, having three circular tapering column supports, each with gilded ormolu capitals and classical ormolu motifs to th...

Beautiful Restauration French Gueridon made in mahogany and marquetry. This marble named "Brecht" is recognized by its different forms and colors.

Art Deco gueridon center table by Jules Leleu, France, 1930. Mahogany wood, marquetry. 4 floral golden details. 4 brass feet sabots. Fully restored. High gloss laquor, hand pol...

A French Baroque 19th-20th century Louis XV/XVI Transitional Style Gildwood Carved Circular Center or Foyer Table with a Veined Peach Colored Brocatelle Marble Top, the four legs eac...

A handsome 19th-century mahogany guéridon table in the Empire taste, distinguished by its richly figured mahogany and bold architectural proportions. The circular top, edged by a mol...

19th century Empire mahogany and ebony gueridon.

This half moon console table is a handmade reproduction of the French Louis Philippe Style in the mid 19th century in France caracterized by its curved moldings, hand-curved feet and...

A highly important restoration period maple and Amaranth veneered console table with patinated bronze female term supports, made for King Louis-Philippe by Jean-Christophe Fischer. French, circa 1830. This rare console table has a rectangular marble top above a frieze with two drawers raised on finely cast patinated bronze female term supports, a mirrored back and a plinth base. The table is stamped ‘Fischer à Paris’ and with ‘LPN’ beneath a crown for Louis-Philippe Neuilly, and the number 13687. The locks stamped 'Huby Fils Serrurier a Paris'. This console table was formerly owned by Louis-Philippe, King of France, at the Château de Neuilly. Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, was born October 6, 1773 in Paris, the eldest son of Louis-Philippe-Joseph, Duc de Chartres. The Château de Neuilly was built for Marc-Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson. It was purchased in 1818 by Louis Philippe, who was then proclaimed King of the French on April 9, 1830. The château was looted and destroyed during the 1848 revolution. After his abdication, Louis-Philippe spent the last two years of his life in England. Jean-Christophe Fischer (1779-1854) was an important French ébéniste and bronzier, specialising in making furniture, mirrors and chairs. He had an established business in Paris from 1820 until his death in 1854. During this time he produced furniture for the King Louis Philippe, for his Château de Neuilly residency, amongst other important commissions. From 1820 to 1827 he was collaborating with Geoffrey Kopp under the name of Fisher and Kopp, he was then joined in 1839 by his son, who took over the company in 1848. In 1837 he participated in the Exposition de l'Industrie Francaise, where he exhibited a cylinder bureau, a table and a pair of consoles, winning a silver medal for his work. According to the Exhibition's report: "ses meubles se distinguaient autant par la perfection du travail que par l'élégance des formes; ils étaient en palissandre relevée seulement par des baguettes dorées ou en bois blanc. Un bureau a cylindre, une table de travail et deux consoles, nous ont paru les plus remarquables de l'Exposition." In 1844, he also participated in the Exposition de l'Industrie Francaise where he received a Gold Medal for his work with ebony and bronze. Exhibitions: Museum of Decorative Arts, Masterpieces of the great cabinetmakers, n.51 a desk with filing cabinet...

With a rectangular St Anne marble top over a simple frieze supported on cylindrical columns with cast bronze caps. Plinth concave base.

Period early 19th century marble top mahogany center table. Baluster shaft with original marble top and paw lion legs.

20th century Majestic Empire Salon table/Gueridon, beechwood, marble Solid beech wood, with gilded brass bronze. Top plate with brass-framed marble top. Elegant solid column legs wrapped with gilded brass fittings, connected below by a curved intermediate shelf with a brass frame, ending with gilded bronze fittings in sabots. A most impressive table, finely chiseled with billy goat legs...

Exquisite French Louis XVI-style flamed mahogany demi-lune console table. One dovetailed drawer with lovely bakelite and brass pulls. The elegant tapered ebonized legs have lovely ha...

A handsome French 19th century Louis Philippe period flamed mahogany and Grand Antique marble console. The freestanding console is raised by a m...

Superb 19th Century French Gueridon

A fine Empire style gilt bronze mahogany gueridon or centre table  With a verde antico marble top.  In the manner of Jacob-Desmalter,  circa 1880 Height 31 1/4 Diameter 35 in.   A very fine Empire style gilt bronze-mounted mahogany guéridon after a model by Jacob-Desmalter, the circular verde antico marble top above a mahogany frieze mounted with laurel leaf banding in between rosettes and anthemions, supported of the heads of three finely cast gilt bronze female caryatids, each facing outward with hair in plaits, bare feet and arms crossed, wearing arm bands and a low cut diaphanous dress gathered up toward her breast, the stretcher centred by a chased covered urn flanked by three elegant crouching winged sphinxes wearing Nemes headdresses and plaits tied at the front. The design for this superb guéridon is based on a famous table-console or ‘console double face’ by the celebrated firm of Paris ébénistes Jacob-Desmalter which was itself based on designs by Napoleon’s chief architects and ornamentalistes Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine...