Live Auction 20948Au Bord Du Lac: An interior by François-Joseph Graf
A FRENCH WALNUT DRAW-LEAF 'TABLE EN CROIX LORRAINE'
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A FRENCH WALNUT DRAW-LEAF 'TABLE EN CROIX LORRAINE'

SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A FRENCH WALNUT DRAW-LEAF 'TABLE EN CROIX LORRAINE'
SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY AND LATER
The cleated rectangular top with two draw-leaves above putto-centred arched frieze panels to the ends, on nine turned column supports joined by flattened stretchers on bun feet, restorations and replacements
33 1⁄2 in. (85 cm.) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm) wide; 95 1⁄4 in. (242 cm.) wide, extended; 31 1⁄4 in. (78 cm.) deep

Acquired from L.P. Bresset et Fils, Paris, 1999.

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This type of table is often described as 'table en croix de Lorraine' given the evident similarity between the shape of its stretchers and that of the French Croix de Lorraine. First described as Croix d'Anjou, it took the name of Croix de Lorraine, following the marriage of René Ier de Naples, or René d'Anjou (1409-1480) to Isabelle de Lorraine, heiress to the Duché de Lorraine in 1431.