A French gilt-bronze and bronze-mounted mahogany guéridon table, after the model by Jacob 19th century

with a circular gilt-bronze leaf cast banded green granite top above scrolled supports applied with winged mermaids, terminating in paw feet, on a concave-sided platform base centred by a baluster vase on an octagonal base; granite top restored

The present centre table is based on a model inspired by Jacob and produced by several Parisian makers, including Francois Linke (1855 - 1946) whose workshop in 70 Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the most fashionable places for luxury furniture.

Denis Ledoux-Lebard, in Le Mobilier Francais du XIXe Siecle, 1795-1899,Paris 1989, p4. 84, illustrates a similar table made by the Parisian maker Millet at the end of the 19th century and also in Christopher Payne, The Price Guide to Nineteenth Century European Furniture, Woodbridge 1981, p. 222,p. 671 the same model is illustrated but with no maker’s name mentioned.