A fabulous black lacquer papier mache sewing table with exceptional mother of pearl and hand painted details. The top has a central bouquet of flowers of mother of pearl with gold painted highlights framed by cascading grape vines and bunches of grapes, also in mother of pearl with gold painted highlights. Top edge is scalloped and has another similar border. Body of the sewing table has similar decoration with mother of pearl and hand painted floral bouquets surrounded by bunches of grapes on either sides of all of the rounded corners. The bottom of the top portion is framed by a gold painted geometric band. The pedestal is reeded at the top, curving out at the bottom, ending on rectangular shaped base with four scalloped feet ending on brass castors. The interior of to sewing table is covered in lush red velvet. Apprx 32-1/2" x 17-1/2" 13". From a private collection in Paris.
6,000/9,000
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