Antique French Specimen Wood Louis XV Marquetry Ormolu Round Tilt-Top Table, Circa 1870 Sold and Edwardian dress rely on

and Edwardian dress rely on light strokes and tonal shifts rather than sharp defined edges The color scheme favors soft pastel shades

The chairs having three backsplats and shaped arms

Each door having sign-painted & gilded

in the shape of a Nautilus shell

Smithsonian Collection accession number 2004

Antique French Specimen Wood Louis XV Marquetry Ormolu Round Tilt-Top Table, Circa 1870 Sold and Edwardian dress rely onSOLD A very fine antique French Louis XV style, circular tilt top marquetry pedestal tripod table, with gilt bronze ormolu mounts, attributed to Joseph Cremer circa 1870. The round rosewood table top is sumptuously inlaid with many specimen woods, the outside band of inlay having dragons joined at the tail and punctuated with flowering tazas. The next band of inlay is of flowers and foliate and the central panel of inlay is a lavish bouquet of