PAIR 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PORAILLY & CHARLIONNAIS QUATREFOIL LOW TABLES Misc. & Decorative 'The Embrace'

'The Embrace'

a walnut and a woven basket on a draped tablecloth

mahogany miniature commode with four drawers and bone turned handles

Pair of Art Deco Style bridge chairs with unusual decorative armrests and moustache backs

PAIR 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PORAILLY & CHARLIONNAIS QUATREFOIL LOW TABLES Misc. & Decorative 'The Embrace'A rare and elegant pair of late 19th Century French guridon tables by the celebrated caf furniture makers Pourailly & Charlionnais of Lyon and Toulouse. Each retaining the original foundry stamps cast into the iron feet. The tables stand on finely modelled cast iron tripod bases with deeply scrolled feet and fluted central columns, reflecting the Louis XV Revival taste that characterised much French caf and salon furniture of the Belle poque period.