Pair Bronze Louis XVI Style Gueridons After Weisweiler

This pair of Louis XVI style, gilt-bronze gueridon tables with multi-colored marble tops dates from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, and features cast bronze legs and frieze in the manner of Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820). The quality of the casting and finishing is exceptional. The four legs feature tall canephorus ( caryatid ) figures ending in a twisting stretcher with beaded decoration, raised on tapered feet with a spiraling shape. The frieze features a rinceau motif. Each measures 27.75" across and 28.4" high. Each is structurally sound and in very good condition. There are light scratches to the marble surfaces, consistent with age. According to Sotheby's, the design of the leg on this table was derived from a mount used by the ébéniste Adam Weisweiler for use on the angles of secretaires and for the legs of a table delivered by Daguerre in 1784 for Queen Marie-Antoinette. (Source: M. Segoura, Weisweiler, Paris, 1983, p. 42). The pattern was used in the nineteenth century by Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808-1882) and his son Alfred and Henry Dasson (1825-1896). Beurdeley created similar tables after the originals by Weisweiler and Riesener (Source: Christopher Payne, 19th Century European Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1985, p. 226). This pair is comparable to a pair of gueridons sold by Sotheby's in New York in lot 200 for $48,000 on April 20, 2007. These items reside on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York city and may be seen by appointment. Additional images forwarded upon request.