GUERIDON, SOG. "TABLE À OUVRAGE" Louis XVI style, Paris circa 1860, signed on plaque Paul Sormani Rue Charlot 10 Paris (Paul Sormani, 1817-1877). After a model by Martin Carlin. Rosewood and amaranth inlaid with foliate scrolls and fillets. Round "Sèvres" porcelain leaf with flowers and a turquoise-coloured border, framed by a gilded, pierced bronze gallery on a straight, single-layer frame decorated with bronze drapery and a fluted column shaft. Drum-shaped base with two crescent-shaped lids opening into four compartments, on four fluted legs tapering downwards with leaf-shaped sabots and castors. Ø 36 cm, H 81.5 cm. Legs slightly loose. Good restored condition. Provenance: Private property in western Switzerland. A similar gueridon after the model by Martin Carlin is illustrated in: Le mobilier du XIX siècle en France et en Europe, Mengès, 1991, p. 134. Further comparable pieces can be found in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. no. 1942.594) and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (inv. no. 1067-1882).