Table top in silvered bronze from Bointaburet, Paris, 19th century

Above all a silvered bronze table from Bointaburet, Paris, 19th century Above all a silvered bronze table in one part, oval with an ingot mold decorated with gadroons, with a mirror background, on an oak parquet floor and 4 ball feet. The Bointaburet Paris signature and goldsmith's hallmarks are found on a rear tab attachment. Item in good condition with scratches from use and a small stain on the mirror. Dimensions: H3xL61.5xl42.5cm Careful packaging adapted to the object, value insurance included. This architecture which accompanies the pieces of tableware is sometimes designed by the greatest goldsmiths. This is the case of this one signed by the famous French house Bointaburet. The Boin Taburet house is one of the most prestigious Parisian goldsmiths at the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century. Born from the association of Georges Boin (himself from a family of great goldsmiths and luxury merchants who operated the Escalier de Cristal store under the Empire) with Emile Taburet in 1860. This house achieved great prestige and received medals at the exhibitions of 1878 and 1889. Its production is typical of those of the 1880s where the ornamentalists, tired of the pastiche of styles given pride of place under the Second Empire sometimes in a somewhat heavy manner, decided to return to a much purer 18th century style. The 18th century is seen as the apogee of taste, at this time we wish to reproduce it by perfecting its lines and finishes with the modern technical means of the 19th century. This is typically the case of our service which is characterized by the elegance of its lines, the finesse of its ornaments, its good taste signature of a great goldsmith. The Taburet house was seen at the time as a specialist in “silverware in the purest style of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries”. The above which more or less means "mounting" is a piece of goldwork, most frequently in a console, which brings together in the center of the table: salt shakers, spice boxes, mustard pot, oil pot, vinegar bowl, sugar bowl, vases, torches and girandoles . The tableware was born with Louis XIV then used for transporting crockery during travel, at the time they were trunks. A 'dormant' piece of tableware, it therefore remains in place throughout the meal, and is used until presenting the dessert, cake or fruit bowl for example.

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