Attribué à Pierre-Philippe THOMIRE (Paris, 1751-1843 ; maître en 1772)

GUERIDON Tray in colored marble and hard stones Pedestal table : Paris, Empire period Tray : Italian work, end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century Patinated and gilded bronze ; colored marbles and hard stones among which sea-green marble, Egyptian porphyry, green porphyry, Giallo jasper, Sicilian jasper, Verona yellow, black... H. 76,5 cm, Diam. 67 cm This pedestal table in patinated and gilded bronze, the belt decorated with a frieze of vine leaves, the baluster shaft decorated with acanthus leaves and flowering stems, the feet in lion paws is similar to a famous model Empire by Thomire, a "large pedestal table in chased and gilded bronze. The belt is decorated with a succession of stars. The feet end in claws" of which a copy, entirely in gilded bronze, is currently kept in a private home (fig. 1). On this one, the ormolu plant ornaments stand out on the patinated background. A tray in marquetry of polychrome marbles with a rose decoration, centered on an octagon and circumscribed by a ribboned frieze, enriches the remarkable work of casting and chasing.