Side table - Marquetry - Mahogany, Brass - Exposure registration

Opens 25 May
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Description from the seller

It is a luxurious 19th-century high table, fully in the Louis XV style, and the first impression it conveys is that blend of curvilinear grace and restrained opulence that defined French taste reinterpreted in the European workshops of the era. The silhouette is undulating, feminine, almost dancing: the top cut in a serpentine shape, the cabriole legs descending with an elegant gesture, and the gilded details that accentuate each curve as if they were flashes of light.

The mahogany wood, deep and reddish, provides that warm sheen that only noble woods when well polished can offer. On it, the details in gilt brass—appliques, corner brackets, sabots—function like jewelry: small accents that underline the furniture’s line and elevate it to the status of a decorative piece, not merely functional. That gold recalls French bronze, but with the lightness of hand-worked brass, typical of workshops that produced luxury furniture for bourgeois salons and aristocratic residences.

The table preserves all the essential traits of Louis XV:

• Asymmetric curves that soften the structure.
• Cabriole legs that add visual lightness.
• Applied gilded decoration as an accent, never as excess.
• Noble woods that speak of status and refinement.

It is a piece designed for an elegant living room, a study, or a corner for conversation, where its presence is noticeable but not overpowering: it seduces with the curve, with the shine, with the harmony.

Certified shipping and good packaging.

Seller's Story

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It is a luxurious 19th-century high table, fully in the Louis XV style, and the first impression it conveys is that blend of curvilinear grace and restrained opulence that defined French taste reinterpreted in the European workshops of the era. The silhouette is undulating, feminine, almost dancing: the top cut in a serpentine shape, the cabriole legs descending with an elegant gesture, and the gilded details that accentuate each curve as if they were flashes of light.

The mahogany wood, deep and reddish, provides that warm sheen that only noble woods when well polished can offer. On it, the details in gilt brass—appliques, corner brackets, sabots—function like jewelry: small accents that underline the furniture’s line and elevate it to the status of a decorative piece, not merely functional. That gold recalls French bronze, but with the lightness of hand-worked brass, typical of workshops that produced luxury furniture for bourgeois salons and aristocratic residences.

The table preserves all the essential traits of Louis XV:

• Asymmetric curves that soften the structure.
• Cabriole legs that add visual lightness.
• Applied gilded decoration as an accent, never as excess.
• Noble woods that speak of status and refinement.

It is a piece designed for an elegant living room, a study, or a corner for conversation, where its presence is noticeable but not overpowering: it seduces with the curve, with the shine, with the harmony.

Certified shipping and good packaging.

Seller's Story

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Details

Era
1400-1900
Style subtype
Louis XV
Title additional information
Exposure registration
Country of origin
France
Model
Marquetry
Material
Brass, Mahogany
Style
Antique
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
80 cm
Width
61 cm
Depth
46 cm
Estimated period
circa 1900
SpainVerified
3105
Objects sold
90.17%
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