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an antique wooden table with a glass top and two birds on itan ornately carved table with a glass top and wooden legs
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595 - Attributed to Louis Constant SEVIN (1821–1888) for Ferdinand…
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Estimate €200 - €400
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Attributed to Louis Constant SEVIN (1821–1888) for Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE (1810–1892) Bronze Athenian-style stool with a tripod base decorated with panther heads and ending in feline claws. Napoleon III period. Height: 76 cm Diameter: 33 cm Shows signs of wear; the top has been replaced by a small bowl. Note: The base of this stool is an adaptation of a tripod which Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Sicily, presented to Bonaparte in 1802. It arrived in Paris along with around a hundred objects from the ‘Museum of Herculaneum’ and was kept at Malmaison under the supervision of Francesco Carelli, in accordance with Josephine’s wishes, before becoming part of the Louvre’s collections. A pedestal table with a similar base appears in a photograph taken in 1866 by Jeanne Laplanche in Prince Napoleon’s Pompeian villa on Avenue Montaigne. Built in the early 1860s by the architect Alfred Normand, this residence reflected a resurgence of keen interest in archaeology and forms inspired by antiquity. Our small table, probably cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne’s foundries, bears witness to this revival in the 1860s and 1870s. Bibliography: Francesco Carelli, ‘Description of the ancient monuments sent to the First Consul by His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies’, in *Magasin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts*, Paris 1803
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About the sale PRESTIGE - CLASSICAL CENTURIES - VAYRES CASTLE
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Auction time 10/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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