A Louis XVI style ormolu mounted table de centre after Adam ...

Hammer

£1,000

A Louis XVI style ormolu mounted table de centre after Adam Weisweiler (1750-1810), possibly by Beurdeley, 20th century, designed with marquetry inlaid top with eared corners, above a dummy drawer with cast ormolu garland frieze centered with sphinges either side of a mercury mask, legs with cast female busts headed by floral baskets, joined by an interlaced stretcher with pierced ormolu basket, on toupie feet, 78 cm high x 85 cm wide x 49 cm deep

Note: The original model of the desk by Weisweiler was made for Marie-Antoinette's bedroom at the Chateau de Saint Cloud. It currently resides at the Louvre (OA 5509).
Literature: D. Alcouffe et al. Furniture Collections in the Louvre Vol. I. p.289-291.