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Surtout de table

French
Louis XV
around 1750

Medium/Technique Silver-plated brass and wooden parquet backing
Dimensions Length x width: 6.3 × 181.7 × 65.1 cm (2 1/2 × 71 9/16 × 25 5/8 in.)
Credit Line H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession Number2017.4440.1-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsTablewareTrays
Silver

DescriptionMirrored centerpiece made in four sections (two in center and two shaped ends). Each section stands on four removable scroll feet held with springs.
ProvenancePrivate collection, from a Chateau in Normandy; November 27, 2017, anonymous (French private collection) sale, Coutau-Bégarie et Associés, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, lot 246, to Michele Beiny, Inc., New York; 2017, sold by Michele Beiny to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)