THE TOP ORMOLU CIRCA 1840, THE LEGS AND MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE-VENEERED CENTER TABLE
THE TOP ORMOLU CIRCA 1840, THE LEGS AND MALACHITE 20TH CENTURY
The shaped top with molded edge and protruding corners, above a conforming frieze cast in deep relief with birds, beasts, putti, and mythical figures amidst scrolling foliage, the corners with a coat-of- arms with monogrammed FPO for Ferdinand Philippe of Orléans, on four pairs of square tapering supports
31¾ in. (80.8 cm.) high, 48 in. (122 cm.) wide, 40½ in. (102 cm.) deep

Provenance

Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d'Orleans (1810-1842);
David Orgell, Los Angeles, 1981.

Literature

A. Massinelli, The Gilbert Collection: Hardstones, London, 2000, pp. 99-101.

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Lot Essay

The ormolu frieze prominently displayed on the present lot was quite possibly the base for a large surtout de table or elaborate center-piece commissioned for the eldest son of King Louis-Philippe, the duc d'Orléns. Bearing the duc's monogram and cst with music-making putti and mythological beasts, the frieze resembles the ornate plinth of Claude-Aimae Chenavard and Antoine-Louis Barye's legendary surtout commissioned by the duc for the Tuileries in 1834.

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