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Collections > Furniture > Centre table, (guéridon)

Centre table, (guéridon)

Circular centre table, or guéridon, with a top of inlaid marble on a giltwood base. The marbles have been identified. The tripod base of three legs was already a popular table deign by the 18th century. It derived from models in antiquity. This example shows the development of the First Empire style, with a geometric, triangular base, and a lion's paw supported each leg. By around 1810 this tripod design had been modified and developed into a single pillar supporting the table top.
Size: Height: 74 cm. Diameter: 80 cm.

School: French

Place: France

Object Type: table

Actual Date: c.1800

Century: 18th - 19th century

Materials: Giltwood, Marble

Museum Accession Number: FW.88