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BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC AND AS DESCRIBED OR YOUR MONEY BACK! Today we are happy to offer for sale a beautiful antique French Victorian marquetry and ormolu pedestal stand! This elegant piece is the epitome of fine French craftsmanship and design, and the work of a highly skilled and talented ebeniste. The stand table is finely crafted and detailed. The piece features slender and delicate cabriole legs that form a tripod base supporting a small center lower shelf, and crowned by the top. The legs and top of stand are ebonized black wood. The small shelf features lovely inlaid fruitwood marquetry depicting a bunch of flowers. The frieze is ornately inlaid with fruit woods in a parquet geometrical border. The piece-de-resistance of the piece is the fabulously inlaid top surface which features the delightful scene of a lovely flower basket with flying birds and butterflies. The stand is lavishly mounted with ornate ormolu mounts; the legs feature winged putti caryatids sabots, with neoclassical borders and acathus leaf mounts on legs. The stand is a work of art on its own but may be used to display a small statue, lamp, or vase. Stands presents beautifully and is in very good antique condition, with minor wear, scuffing and patina commensurate with age. There is minor scuffing to shelf surfaces. One small crack/repair on inner gilded edge moulding. Minor nicks and scuffs to painted finish. There is mild patination to ormolu mounts. This wonderful stand will add French Victorian elegance and grandeur to any interior…Fresh to the market! Dimensions: 33-3/4″ in height, 16″ in diameter (at the widest point) NOTE: Shipping cost includes full insurance. We do not mark up shipping. ***This item is also available for local pick-up in Pawtucket, RI. Please message us to coordinate pick up!*** KFGC/14/K/F