Directoire style pedestal table in gilt bronze and porcelain, 1900 period

Directoire style athenienne pedestal table in chiseled and gilt bronze composed of a tripod fluted and tapered support on lion’s paw feet. They’re joined bottom by a concave stretcher forming a stand on ball feet and in the middle by a circular one. Close to the tray, rings head each support, all ending with a paw.
The round tray in framed by gilt bronze edge decorated of laurel leaves on sides and waterleaves frieze on top.
Round porcelain tray on a celeste blue background, Sèvres Manufacture style, adorned in the middle by a polychrome medallion representing a basket of flowers set on a table and richly full of : poppies, roses, tulip stylized laurel wreaths, forget-me-not, campanula, bindweed, lilac etc. The medallion is framed by gilt highlight with motifs of foliaged scrolls and laurel wreath.

Work from the 1900 period.

Dimensions : H 61 x D 37 cm.

Reference : LS1668/2377-701

The athenienne stand is a small furniture, used as a console or as a sink, inspired by antique trivets and appearing in the late 18th century. Usually, it’s composed of three or four legs, joined by one or several stretchers forming a base and supporting a basin or a tray in bronze, marble, glass or porcelain. Many examples appeared during the French Directoire and the French First Empire, with the more fine and well-known are the ones made by Pierre-Benoît Marcion or Martin-Guillaume Biennais.