Solid Mahogany Table Stamped Guignard Louis XVI Period

Elegant solid mahogany table (probably Cuba), this so-called wallet table has a rectangular closed and open square shape, it rests on spindle-shaped legs resting on bronze shoes This table is stamped by Guignard for Pierre François Guignard received master in 1767, he leaves furniture transition and Louis XVI, his masterpiece is kept at the Mobilier National it is a Louis XVI chest of drawers decorated with Chinese lacquer with landscape decorations. He wanted to play a role in the drama of the revolution: departmental elector, then president of the committee of the Montreuil section, he became a member of the insurgent commune of August 10. It will not however escape the scaffold after the fall of Robespierre, guillotined on July 30, 1794. This table is presented in good condition, varnished with stamp, it is representative of the very refined style of the end of the reign of Louis XVI or of the Directory.