French Louis XV style silvered ormolu-mounted black lacquered Pedestal Stand after the model by Theodore Millet

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A fine French Louis XV style bombe shape silvered-ormolu-mounted black lacquered Pedestal Stand after the model attributed to Theodore Millet, the famed French cabinet maker and founder of the Maison Millet firm in Paris, c.1880, in the manner of Léon Messagé;

Headed with an inset black veined marble top fitted with a gadrooned silvered ormolu foliate cartouches and scroll forms, rotating on a bombe shaped pedestal base;

The case is adorned with an intricate and delicate silvered ormolu cabriole mounts with male and female ormolu espagnolettes, elongated with silvered ormolu scroll mounts centering a floral basket issuing blooms extended to the bottom, raised on silvered ormolu cabriole acanthus scrolled feet.

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H:156 x W:41 x D:41cm

Louis XV Style | Maison Millet | Léon Messagé

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Maison Millet

The House of Millet or Maison Millet was founded in 1853 by Theodore Millet in Paris. Millet was a producer of the finest meubles de luxe from 1853 until 1918, specializing in furnishings designed in the 18th-century taste, the firm was described as producing "meuble et bronze d'art, genre ancient et modern" (furniture and bronze art, ancient and modern styles).

The firm won many honors in a series of exhibitions in London and Paris, including the gold medal at the Paris Exhibition Universelle in 1889, the Grand Prix the following year, as well as three Diplomes d' Honneur and four gold medals.

The firm's greatest honor came in March 1902 when the curator of Versailles Palace authorized Millet to replace Queen Marie Antoinette's celebrated Grand cabinet a bijoux.