A gilt-bronze, bronze and acajou moucheté guéridon table Empire, circa 1815

with a circular veined grey and white marble top above a frieze mounted with a laurel wreath flanked by addorsed cornucopiae surmounted by seated griffins flanked by scrolling foliage, flowerheads and an anthemion on three winged female lion monopodia cast with scrolls and flowerheads, the reverse with a bellflower above a patera and acanthus leaf on a concave-sided triform stretcher centred by a campana urn cast with foliage

In overall good conserved. The model is most attractive. The casting of the female supports and urn are very good but the frieze mounts are probably later. The marble top has old minor marks and very minor chips along the rim and scratches commenusrate with age and normal usage. Some very minor chips and losses to the veneer along the top edge which are hidden by the marble top and hairline cracks in the veneer on the base which can be left or easily restored. Some very minor old restorations to the veneer and a couple of lighter coloured areas to the frieze which can be repolished. The wood is a little dry looking and would benefit from a repolish according to taste.
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Comparative Literature:
Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel and Jean-Pierre Samoyault, Le Mobilier de Versailles chefs-d'oeuvre du XIXe siècle, Dijon, 2009, pp.110-111 and pp.128-129.
Enrico Colle, Angela Griseri and Roberto Valeriani, Bronzi Decorativi in Italia, Milan, 2001, p. 202.
Guillaume Janneau, Le Meuble Léger en France, Paris, 1952, no. 279.
Jean-Pierre Samoyault, Mobilier Français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009,  p.108, fig. 183,  p.119, no. 201,, p. 216, fig. 216.

This guéridon table has the most exquisitely cast winged female term supports in bronze with gilt-bronze embellishments with very fine details and must have been produced by an leading Parisian ébeniste and bronzier and various makers of this table are a possibilty in the absence of a stamp. 

The use of acajou moucheté, the superb quality of the mounts and the form of the table are reminiscent of guéridon tables by the celebrated makers Jacob-Desmalter in the early years of the 19th century, which were in turn inspired by the designs of Charles Percier and Pierre-François Léonard Fontaine, in their `Recuil des décorations intérieures', published in Paris in 1812. See Arizzoli-Clémentel et al. op. cit., pp. 110-111, no. 15 (Inv. V. 13251), for a console table stamped Jacob-D. /R. Meslée, after a design by Percier and Fontaine, the treatment of the hair, wings and scrolled acanthus at the front are very similar to the chimera on the offered table. Also see a guéridon table stamped by Jacob-Desmalter, circa 1805-1815, in mahogany and gilt-bronze with a glass top, with similarly cast female terms with hoof feet-the hair, bust and wings of which are very similarly cast to those on the offered table, illustrated by Janneau op. cit., no. 279.

see catalogue note at sothebys.com

It is also worthwhile mentioning a table en suite to a commode, in acajou moucheté with winged female monopodia in bronze and gilt-bronze in Egyptian headdresses, illustrated by Colle op. cit., p. 202. The casting of the figures is of similar quality to that of the terms on this table and with the unusual additional feature of gilt-bronze scrolls and anthemions. The aforementioned table is by Adam Weisweiler with mounts by Pierre-Philippe Thomire and is part of a suite in Palazzo Reale in Naples. It was part of the collection of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), who became King of Naples on 6th August 1808. Furthermore, there is in the Grand Trianon, at Versailles, a unique guéridon stamped A. Weisweiler, which may well have inspired the maker of this table, with winged female supports on a concave- sided triform base centred by a neo-classical vase. The bronzes on the aforementioned table are exquisitely cast and are probably either by Lucien-François Feuchère or Pierre-Philippe Thomire, illustrated by  Samoyault, op. cit., p. 119,  fig. 201.

There is also a console table circa 1800-05, with beautifully cast chimera, one of a pair by Charles Lemarchand, delivered in 1825 for le salon de Diane at the Palace of Saint-Cloud, now in the château de Malmaison, illustrated by Samoyault  op. cit., p.108, fig. 183. The same author also illustrates p. 216, fig. 216, a bureau à cartonnier sold to the Garde-Meuble by François Maigret in 1826, now in the château de Malmaison, in mahogany with gilt-bronze and bronze female term conceived in a similar vein to those on the offered table.

Also see lot 288, sold Sotheby's, New York, 20th November 1993, ($75,000), for a related guéridon table with similarly cast supports and vase on the base.