Designs for tables and urns
1875-1890
Step into a 17th-century French royal banquet where the furniture is just as loud as the guests! This intricate design showcases the ultimate Baroque 'flex': sideboards overflowing with silver vessels shaped like strutting peacocks and roosters, ready to serve a king. The tables themselves are architectural masterpieces, featuring heavy, ornate legs and a central support held up by playful cherubs. While the style screams André-Charles Boulle—the premier cabinetmaker of Louis XIV—the plate is actually signed by engraver Pierre Le Pautre, and this specific version is a late 19th-century reprint keeping those lavish dreams alive.
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