REGENCE STYLE LOUNGE TABLE, MID-20th CENTURY Stamped by the House of Jansen In carved and gilded wood, the top in Chinese lacquer decorated in gold on a black background with a lacustral landscape animated by architecture, the spandrels with a shell motif, the curved legs ending in a scroll, stamped twice JANSEN on the reverse, engraved mark under the top "BN96"; small accidents and missing parts. H.:36 cm (14 ¼ in.) l.:151 cm (59 ½ in.) P.:109 cm (43 in.) Provenance : Estate of Princess Lilian of Belgium, Château d'Argenteuil, Belgium. Bibliography : J. Archer Abbott, Jansen, Acanthus Press, New York, 2006, p.196-203. Comparative bibliography : J. Archer Abbott, Jansen Furniture, Acanthus Press, New York, 2007, p.267. A Regence style giltwood and Chinese lacquer occasional table, mid-20th century stamped by Jansen This coffee table, combining a Chinese lacquer top on a Regency-inspired gilded wood frame, is one of the emblematic designs by Jansen, the famous decorating house founded in 1880 by Jean-Henri Jansen. Maison Jansen had close ties with the Belgian royal family from its involvement in the renovation of the Château de Laeken in the 1890s.In 1959, King Leopold III and his wife, Princess Lilian, called on Stéphane Boudin, director of the House, to entrust him with the major refurbishment and furnishing of their new residence in Argenteuil, near Waterloo (cfr. J. Archer Abbott, Jansen, Acanthus Press, New York, 2006, p.196-203..). It was in one of the salons at Argenteuil, an emblematic location in the heart of nature, that the elegant table we present originated.