Solid mahogany folding table carved with fleurons... Lot 259

Solid mahogany folding table carved with fleurons and stylized foliage. The X-shaped base is formed by crossed swords, joined by a double turned baluster decorated with acanthus leaves. Empire period (restorations) H : 43 - W : 50 - D : 40 cm Provenance : Hector Le Fuel collection and remained in his descendants until today. Cf : Meubles et objets de goût, La mésangère, pl. 41 and 53 Under the Empire, the manufacture of folding stools follows the regulation of the etiquette of the imperial palace established in 1805 and a particular regulation on the furnishing signed by the Grand Marshal of the palace, General Duroc on July 25 : "folding stools", are decreed in the large apartments and apartment of honor of the sovereigns. When the document appeared, there were only seventy-two folding stools ordered from Jacob-Desmalter for the throne rooms of the palaces of St Cloud and the Tuileries. Numerous orders were then placed with Desmalter, Marcion, Boulard... STOOL CARVED SOLID MAHOGANY EMPIRE PERIOD