"flying" Inlaid Living Room Table With Three Round Trays With Floral Pattern, Napoleon III Period

This charming light and elegant table from the Napoleon III period is practical with its three round tops, floating because it is light and elegant, this pretty little serving table will be useful for placing a lamp and the book to read in one of the lower trays. Decorated and well inlaid with a beautiful pier of flowers on a rosewood background surrounded by Greeks. The tripod base in round blackened pear wood and whip neck at the foot for more stability. Initially these small occasional pieces of furniture were the secularity of Sorrento in Italy and which France was fond of importing boxes, furniture of all kinds of contained proportion for the Bourgeoisie of the Second Empire; the richness and finesse of the design were recognized throughout Europe. The chiseled bronze hoops, openwork gallery, pinnacles and falls contribute to the elegance and preciousness of this piece of furniture in very good condition with strong decorative value as loved by "Madeleine Castaing or Louis de Vilmorain" a healthy piece of furniture preserved over time , most useful for its decoration, light and easy to move, take tea for example in complete privacy...