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Decorative French Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Center Table

About the Item

A Library Centre Table in the Louis XVI Manner Constructed in amboyna, with purpleheart banding with gilt bronze mounts; of elliptical form, with gently everted angles; rising from circular bronze collared fluted legs capped with gilt bronze toupie feet, and conjoined with swept stretcher issuing from a central circular boss; the frieze having a single blind drawer inset with a mythological scene of putti, and a running band of stylised Vitruvian scrolls; the platform having a tooled and gilt leather writing surface. French, Circa 1875
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)Width: 59 in (149.86 cm)Depth: 40 in (101.6 cm)
  • Style:
    Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Amboyna,Bronze,Leather,Purpleheart,Gilt
  • Place of Origin:
    France
  • Period:
    Late 19th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1875
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 83291stDibs: LU95476013183

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