LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND MARQUETRY CENTER TABLE. FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY.

Louis XVI style table. France, 19th century. Parquet top. Mahogany, rosewood, gilded bronze. The legs, which maintain their respective rollers, have a circular column shape starting from a die and ending in vase shapes highlighted with garlands, fine moldings, plant elements and capitals similar to those of the classical Ionic order. The truncated conical profile of the legs closely follows the French Louis XVI models known as “pied à l'antique”. From the dice on each two legs a semicircular chamber emerges, the two joined in the center in another dice, 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 sides; It is flanked by two gilt bronze moldings, and has a decoration of plant elements in gilt bronze on a green background, as well as some dice recalling the classic 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 inlay cubes. A drawer is hidden in one of the rectangular sides of the table. Neoclassical furniture, in France, appears during the reign of Louis XV, from the 1750s, approximately. It maintains certain details of the French Transition style (approximately 1750-1774) such as its inspiration in Greco-Latin Antiquity, the popularization of geometric marquetry and the use of some curves. The Louis XVI style presents classicist scrollwork, straight lines, classic architectural elements, symmetrical and clean shapes, not too much movement, etc. It was very common in the 19th century to use styles from before that century in furniture as inspiration for a series of creations. The table, which stands out both for the quality of its design and for 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 to those of Adam Weisweiler. (France, c. 1750-after 1810), for example.

· Size: 118x70x76 cms