guéridon
Illustration — A c. 1810 guéridon by French-born American cabinetmaker Charles-Honoré Lannuier. Mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, and possibly sycamore veneers, gilded brass, and marble.
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Illustration — A c. 1810 guéridon by French-born American cabinetmaker Charles-Honoré Lannuier. Mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, and possibly sycamore veneers, gilded brass, and marble.
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Located in the Red Room of the White House. A guéridon is a small table supported by one or more columns, or sculptural human or mythological figures, often with a circular top. The guéridon originated in France towards the middle of the 17th century. The supports for early guéridons were often modeled on ancient Egyptian and Greek as well as various African human traditional figures (inspired by caryatids). While often serving humble purposes, such as to hold a candlestick or vase, the guéridon could be a high-style decorative piece of court furniture. Some of the simpler and more artistic forms were of wood carved with familiar decorative motives and gilded. Silver, enamel, and indeed almost any material from which furniture can be made have been used for their construction. A variety of small occasional tables (those with no particular function) are now called guéridons in French.
Small table, most often round, sometimes oval, rectangular or square, with a central base or three, four or five legs, and which is used to support light objects, decorative or not
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 4694890-9, Guéridon.
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- 1.Frères Allot Ebenistes d'art
- 2.Geneviève Souchal. Le mobilier français au. Hachette. 1962.
- 3.Michel Schlup, Jean Borie. Menus propos gastronomiques et littéraires des lumières à la Belle Époque. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire. 2004.
- 4.Appelé aussi torchère, son haut fût en gaine reposant sur un tripode, supporte un plateau circulaire portant les candélabres ou les flambeaux.
- 5.Cette table circulaire s'ouvre par des tiroirs et des tablettes. Au centre de la table, on plaçait des flambeaux de bouillotte, remplacés par la lampe bouillotte faite d'un abat-jour en tôle peinte relaquée vert, de deux, trois ou quatre bras de lumières et d'une base circulaire à rebord ajouré pour y jeter des jetons destinés au pourboire des domestiques. L'abat-jour se règle en hauteur et suivait la consommation des bougies.
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