A pair of French gilt and patinated bronze mounted and burr amboyna console tables, circa 1870, the figures attributed to Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) under the direction of Ferdinand Barbedienne

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July 5, 02:05 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 800,000 GBP

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Property from an Important Private Collection

A pair of French gilt and patinated bronze mounted and burr amboyna console tables, circa 1870, the figures attributed to Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) under the direction of Ferdinand Barbedienne

the Sarrancolin marble top on a burr amboyna apron decorated with rosettes and mounted with laurel garlands held by ribbon bows, supported by a pair of draped figures seated cross-legged on a stretcher top centred by a fruit basket raised on four shell feet and concealed castors

each 93cm. high, 181cm. wide, 73cm. deep; 3ft.⅝in., 5ft. 11¼in., 2ft. 4¾in.

Hôtel de Pomereu, rue de Lille à Paris, circa 1890 (fig.1);
Robert de Balkany;
Sotheby's, Paris, Robert de Balkany, Rue de Varenne, Paris, 20 September 2016, lot 16 (€675,000), where acquired by the present owner.