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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD GUERIDON
Lot 32 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 11, 32 AND 36)

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD GUERIDON

CIRCA 1775, IN THE MANNER OF MARTIN CARLIN, PROBABLY ADAPTED FROM A TABLE A BRODER

Fermé6 December 2012

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD GUERIDON
CIRCA 1775, IN THE MANNER OF MARTIN CARLIN, PROBABLY ADAPTED FROM A TABLE A BRODER
The shaped elliptical top surmounted by a pierced gallery above a frieze with four cedar-lined drawers, and a hexagonal support with shaped tripod base, decorated overall with shell motifs, flowerheads and foliage, the top reveneered and originally with a métier à broder, partially remounted including the gallery
24¾ in. (63 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep

Mrs. Anne Ford Johnson, Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 1998, lot 330.
'Le Pavillon Chougny, a private collection', Christie's, London, 9-10 December 2004, lot 389, where acquired by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

The base of this table is of identical design to that sold from the collection of Lord Revelstoke at Christie's London, 28 June 1893, lot 287. The Revelstoke table - whose circular top was inset with eight Sèvres porcelain plaques around a central stem which supported the broderie drum - came from the collection of the Hon. Miss Eden and, purportedly, that of Marie-Antoinette. Although the latter provenance is as all too often most probably a 19th century embellishment, Miss Eden was a direct descendant of the diplomat William Eden, made Lord Auckland in 1793, who received Sèvres porcelain and other lavish gifts from Louis XVI in 1787.