A handsome walnut-topped games table in speckled mahogany ve - Lot 420

A handsome walnut-topped games table in speckled mahogany veneer with ormolu ornamentation, decorated with bas-relief figures of bears holding baskets of flowers. It stands on four tapered fluted legs trimmed with bronze twisted gadroon friezes. Signed with a G. DURAND, for Gervais-Maximilien DURAND (1839-1911). Late 19th century work in the Louis XVI style. The dark green felt top. Note: Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand practiced 12 rue de la Cerisaie in 1870, then 23 rue Beautreillis from 1878 and 62 rue Saint Antoine around 1900. He trained with Dasson and Beurdeley. Bibliography: Denise Ledoux-Lebard, Le Mobilier du XIXème siècle, l'Amateur Ed., Paris, 1984, p.181. H_75 cm W_87 cm D_43.5 cm, brass missing. H_72.5 cm W_87 cm D_87 cm (open)