French Inlaid Side Table, 19th Century

All flowered with marquetry, this stand with Transition lines is nevertheless the fruit of the historicism so dear to the Napoleon III style. Delicately inlaid top, belt and spacer, brass gallery and lacquered feet, everything comes together here to create a very beautiful piece of 19th century cabinetmaking. No doubt commissioned to furnish a bourgeois apartment or an opulent house, this little stand in perfect condition responds with virtuosity to the fashion of its time.