Ange Louis Guillaume Lesourd de Beauregard French, 1800- 1885 A fine and rare Napoléon III polychrome-painted and ebonised tilt-top center table Paris, mid-19th century, possibly exhibited at the Paris Salon 1849

The top painted with a circular cartouche with goldfish and shells surrounded by blooming summer flowers and insects, signed LeSourd de Beauregard

Jeremy LTD, London, 2000

E. Hardouin-Fugier and E.Grafe, French flowers painters of the 19th century, 1989

Overall in good condition and presentation with the usual minor hairline scratches and minute nicks to carcass consistent with age and use. Tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places also consistent with age and atmospheric conditions through the years. The feet are set on castor wheels.
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Lesourd de Beauregard was a renowned French artist specializing in still-life paintings. He was born in Paris in 1800 and studied under Gérard van Spaendonck. In 1841 he was appointed Professor of botanical drawings at the Museum of Natural History, replacing Pierre-Joseph Redouté. From 1822 until 1869 he regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon. During this time, in 1849, it is possible that this table was exhibited in one of these Salons, as in a listing of his exhibits for that year, there is an entry described as Une table - fleurs 1849.