Description
A circular mahogany table, the top with circular patterns (probably topped by a second smaller top originally) resting on a baluster base with struts (brought back at a later date). Partly Louis XVI period. H: 73 cm, D: 85 cm This model of table, classically attributed to Adam Weisweiler, is generally provided with a central leg concealing a rack allowing a small tray to be raised in the center of the main tray . Because of their fragility, these trays have frequently disappeared nowadays. A piece of furniture of this type is today preserved at the Château de Versailles (Windsor donation). Also known as a tea table, the idea of a small tray on top of another tray can also be found on some of Weisweiler's pedestal tables, in the lower part, notably one decorated with Wedgwood biscuit, illustrated in A. Pradère, Les ébénistes de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 392.
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A circular mahogany table, the top with circular patterns (probably topped by a second smaller top originally) resting on a baluster base with struts (brought back at a later date). Partly Louis XVI period. H: 73 cm, D: 85 cm This model of table, classically attributed to Adam Weisweiler, is generally provided with a central leg concealing a rack allowing a small tray to be raised in the center of the main tray . Because of their fragility, these trays have frequently disappeared nowadays. A piece of furniture of this type is today preserved at the Château de Versailles (Windsor donation). Also known as a tea table, the idea of a small tray on top of another tray can also be found on some of Weisweiler's pedestal tables, in the lower part, notably one decorated with Wedgwood biscuit, illustrated in A. Pradère, Les ébénistes de Louis XIV à la Révolution, Paris, 1989, p. 392.
