M. BAUDRON - Work 1930 Beautiful Art Deco curved console table with wrought-iron frame and Portor marble top, resting on a naturalistic base embellished with a ram and stylized branches. On a natural wood half-moon base Signed on one of the ram's hooves. Total dimensions: 97 x 119 x 42 cm. Wear and tear. Provenance: Part of the furniture furnishing the family villa built by the sellers' great-grandparents between 1925 and 1930 in Les Perreux sur Marne. Four period photographs showing part of the furniture in situ.

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