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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMBOYNA CENTRE TABLE
Lot 86

A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMBOYNA CENTRE TABLE

MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB-DESMALTER

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 40,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMBOYNA CENTRE TABLE
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY JACOB-DESMALTER
The green veined marble top above supports mounted with female terms, joined by a stretcher centred by a lidded vase, flanked by sphinxes
32 ¾ in. (83 cm.) high; 49 in. (124 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The present table follows the design of a 'console double face' supplied by Jacob-Desmalter for the apartment of Caroline Murat at the l'Elysée Palace in 1808, now in the Salon des Aides de Camp at the Grand Trianon and illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ebénistes du XIXème Siècle, Paris, 2nd ed., p. 271.