A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED STOP-FLUTED COLUMN PEDESTALS

Similar pedestals were retailed by the Parisian firm Escalier de Cristal, established at the Palais Royal, nos. 162-3, by Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Charpentier, the widow of Desarnaud, during the Restauration. They were best-known for their works in crystal and bronze. The firm was acquired in 1847 by Lahoche et Boin, and by the end of the 19th Century, under the ownership of Pannier Frères (1890-1923) it expanded further, specialising in copies of Louis XVI ébénisterie (D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier Français du XIXe Siècle, 1984, pp . 190-192).