A French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, exotic woods and ormolu side table/desk attributed to Beurdeley and after a model by Riesener

List: $74,500.00

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany, exotic woods and ormolu side table/desk attributed to Beurdeley and after a model by Riesener. The 'Table des Muses' is raised by elegant circular tapered legs with fine fitted foliate sabots with palmettes encasing each leg below exquisite fillets leading upwards to beautiful mottled foliate ormolu top caps. Above each leg are stunning richly chased rosettes in a superb satin and burnished finish with impressive scrolled acanthus leaves branching out from the straight frieze. The frieze displays a most decorative continuation of the acanthus leaves leading to lovely blooming flowers and exceptional scrolled movements centering the drawer decorated with wonderfully inlaid charming cherubs reading books with a telescope off to one side and measuring stars on a globe with a divider. The sides and back also display beautiful inlaid scenes depicting the arts with a cherub sculpting a bust, another drawing with an easel and a sculpture in the background and cherubs studying and looking at zodiac signs through a telescope. Above is the stunning masterfully inlaid marquetry top depicting astronomy and geometry, personified by the Muses Urania and Calliope draped in wonderfully executed flowing period attire while holding a telescope and a pair of compasses with books on their laps and an impressive armillary sphere at the center. They are seated on a pedestal like base with exquisite pyrograved scrolled foliate movements and striking rosettes at the corners with a outstanding mottled wrap around ormolu gallery at the border.

The original model of this table was by Jean-Henri Riesener which he completed in 1771 for King Louis XVI and which is now on display at the Petit Trianon at Versailles.

Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley (1847-1919) A Parisian cabinetmaker who specialized in the manufacture of luxurious French furnishings. Much admired for his 19th-century interpretations of Louis XV designs, his extraordinary works earned him a Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition Universelle of 1889. He specialized in high-quality, 18th-century revivals of Louis XV and Louis XIV-style furnishings. Beurdeley exhibited his works at the International Exposition of 1870, the Amsterdam Exposition of 1883, and the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. Beurdeley made an indelible mark on the history of 19th-century French furnishing; His creations remain among the finest of the period. — Read Less

Item # 12983
H: 30.75 in L: 45.75 in D: 26 in
H: 78 cm L: 116 cm D: 66 cm
France
19th Century
Exotic Wood, Mahogany, Ormolu
Louis XVI st. Read More

(Louis XVI st.) - Also known as Louis Seize, Louis XVI's style is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration, and art created during Louis XVI’s 19-year reign in France, just before the French Revolution. Thought to be a reaction and juxtaposition to the prior more elaborate styles, Louis XVI style developed at the end of the Baroque Period and continued until the birth of French Neoclassicism. King Louis XVI showed little enthusiasm for the old world styles of the Baroque Period and he sought out a create a new “beau ideal” that focused on the purity and grandeur of Ancient Romans and Greeks. Inspired by Ancient Roman architecture and art, distinct features of the Louis XVI style are linear lines, small repeated motifs, floral medallions hanging from ribbons, acanthus leaves, urns, dolphins, ram, and lion heads, and griffins. Greco-Roman elements, often used in earlier and later French styles, were also quick common and included fluted and twisted columns, Caryathids, and corbels.

Alfred Emmanuel Louis Beurdeley Read More , Henry Dasson Read More

A Parisian cabinetmaker who specialized in the manufacture of luxurious French furnishings. Much admired for his 19th-century interpretations of Louis XV designs, his extraordinary works earned him a Gold Medal at the Paris Exhibition Universelle of 1889. He specialized in high-quality, 18th-century revivals of Louis XV and Louis XIV-style furnishings. Beurdeley exhibited his works at the International Exposition of 1870, the Amsterdam Exposition of 1883, and the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. Beurdeley made an indelible mark on the history of 19th-century French furnishing; His creations remain among the finest of the period.

Henry Dasson (1825–1896) was a renowned 19th century Parisian maker of gilt-bronze mounted furniture. Unlike other cabinetmakers of the time Dasson began his career as a bronze sculptor, and consequently one characteristic of his work is the quality of his bronze and more precisely of the chasing. Dasson specialized in the production of Louis XIV, XV and XVI style furniture using the finest gilt-bronze mounts, and was recognized as a brilliant ‘ébéniste and bronzier’.  He participated in the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle and exhibited a number of pieces in the Louis XV and XVI styles, as well as pieces of his own modified 18th century designs. Including a table entirely in gilt-bronze, purchased by Lord Dudley. His copy of the celebrated ‘Bureau du Roi’ sold to Lady Ashburton. His works prompted critic Louis Gonse to comment: “newcomer Henri Dasson is rapidly rising to great heights through the perfection of his high quality creations, we warmly applaud him” Dasson was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883 and was awarded the Grand Prix Artistique at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.

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