IMPORTANT CARTEL and its lamp base in Boulle marquetry of brass and tortoiseshell, the dial with twelve enamel plaques, the uprights decorated with ormolu terms. It is topped with a gilt bronze figure of Athena. The movement is signed Gilles Martinot. Partly Louis XIV period. Total height: 144 cm (104 cm for the cartel and 40 cm for the lamp base). Width (cartel): 45 cm. Wear and tear, small pieces missing or detached, restorations, non-original parts.