A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INSET AMBOYNA AND MAHOGANY GUERIDON

The model for this distinctive guéridon is part of a known group executed by the ébéniste Adam Weisweiler (d. 1820) for the marchand-mercier Dominique Daguerre (d. 1796) during the third quarter of the 18th century. The simulated bamboo legs coupled with the triangular form of the stretcher are derived from Weisweiler's model for a guéridon à double colonnettes, a preparatory drawing of which is illustrated in P. Lemonnier, Weisweiler, Paris, 1983, p. 90 and reproduced with a Louis XVI example, lot 85.