Object Description
A Tour de Force Table Vitrine in the Louis XVI Manner by Alfred-Emmanuel-Louis Beurdeley, of Paris Of free-standing form, constructed in a finely patinated fruitwood, adorned with carving of finest Exhibition quality; rising from tapering, turned and torsade carved legs terminating in capitols a la Grecque issuing carved chain links; the conjoining swept ‘X’ form stretcher, festooned with remarkably carved ‘ropes’, having a centrally situated carved Grecian lyre dressed with foliage; the pierced and leaf carved apron has roundels to the centers, and supports the lockable and hinged rising top vitrine, with inserts of beveled glass and ogee stiff leaf running leaf carvings. Stamped to the underside twice by the maker, ‘A. Beurdeley Paris’. Paris, Circa 1880