French Neoclassical Greek Key Gueridon Side Table

A well-crafted Neo Classic style black lacquered wood wall mirror. Has decorative carved gold greek key border and finely detailed neoclassic figural relief.

French Louis XV style 2 tier wood inlayed marquetry round side or end table. Lots of inlaid floral and urn motif throughout accentuated with brass pierced gallery rail and ormolu fee...

Great mid-century black painted wall mirror with gold Greek key detailing. The unique construction is done in a molded (hollow) fiberglass composite.

Italian carved wood faux bamboo and Greek key motif wall mirror. Frame is finished in an antiqued scraped white finish with small patches of gold leaf (see close ups for detailing).

High quality, late 20th century, French neoclassical style bronze and round marble top occasional bouillotte centre table. Item features a heavy solid bronze frame with four drop rin...

A French Neoclassical round-shaped occasional, table with black marble top and revival accents, from the early 19th century. This antique guéridon style table from France features a round-shaped marble top, over the rounded apron that is embellished with wreath and florals. The table is raised upon a tripod base, with a lower stretchered shelf or platform adding support and function between them, while resting atop ball carved feet. Each of the three legs are comprised of Roman column-style posts with female busts at top and feet anchoring the bottom. Please note that there is a chip in the marble. This early 19th century French guéridon will make a beautiful Neoclassic accent table...

French Louis XVI style console table with Greek key design. Black granite top over a narrow frieze decorated with a carved neoclassical Greek key pattern, supported by four tapered a...

A similar model was exposed at the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition ( see picture attached) Patinated and gilded bronze gueridon with four paw feet joined by X-shaped stems, attributed to Sévin and Barbedienne. Round green marble top mounted with a bronze rim adorned with oves and pearls motif. Born in 1821 and dead in Paris in 1888, Louis-Constant Sévin was apprenticed to the parisian sculptor Marneuf. In 1839, he joined the sculptor-modelors Phénix and Joyau, as designer, and designed silver-smith’s objects for famous firms like Denière, Froment-Meurice, Morel and Duponchel. During the Revolution in 1848, C. Sévin joined Morel in London, as workshop manager and designed pieces that Morel exhibited in 1851. Back in France in 1851, C. Sévin went to Limoges and designed models for the porcelain factories of Jouhanneaud and Dubois of which many pieces were exhibited at the Universal Exhibition in 1855. From this date on, he worked for Ferdinand Barbedienne as sculptor-ornemanist until the end of his life. Sévin’s works are considerable, he designed furniture bronzes for the « hôtel de La Païva ». At the London Exhibition in 1862, he was awarded a medal « pour l’excellence artistique des meubles qu’il a dessinés et qui sont exposés par Barbedienne » : for the artistic excellence of the furniture he designed and which is exhibited by F. Barbedienne. He won a second class medal at the Union centrale des Arts décoratifs Exhibition in 1863 and was awarded a gold medal as « cooperator ». F. Barbedienne said that posterity would remember Sévin’s compositions. The most extraordinary object designed by C. Sévin for F. Barbedienne, was a Renaissance style gilded bronze monumental clock...