"Pair Of Mahogany Selettes"
Rare pair of Empire style cross-banded stands in mahogany with a marble top , a model by Jacob Desmalter et Cie after a design by Charles Percier. Each with a circular top molded in marble, above a conformally shaped frieze mounted with six-pointed stars in gilded wood, on three angular legs connected by diagonal crosspieces in the shape of an X, decorated with rocases in gilded wood.
A French work around 1870.
Dimensions :
Height 91 cm
Top diameter = 40.5 cm
Note : two stars in gilded wood and a small piece of mahogany veneer are missing.