Louis XVI Style Bronze Mirror Plateau

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Fine Neoclassical French Louis XVI Style Bronze Table Mirror Plateau. Lions paw feet, crossed torch and quivers with bow knot, … Read more Fine Neoclassical French Louis XVI Style Bronze Table Mirror Plateau. Lions paw feet, crossed torch and quivers with bow knot, spiral rope twist edge. Would make an incredible addition to a dining table or sideboard for your centerpiece to really be a showstopper! Rectangular form with rounded ends. Mirror 19.75x11.75”

A Surtout de table is an ornamental centerpiece displayed on a formal dining table, "a large centerpiece with mirrored plateaus and numerous candelabra and other possible display pieces on top". In French Surtout de table is the usual term for any type of centerpiece, but in English this "tray" type, along with the objects placed on it, is the usual meaning. Evolving from a simple plate or bowl on which to stand candlesticks and condiments, a Surtout de table often took the form of a long galleried tray made of precious or gilded metals, on which a series of other objects were placed for display. It was often made in sections allowing its length to be determined by the leaves added to the table. During the later half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century, no formal table was considered compete without one. Today, they are still seen and used in the most formal dining rooms. See less