LOUIS XV STYLE DINING ROOM TABLE Work by the House of Jansen Carved wood, painted cream and partly gilded, black lacquered wood top, resting on two four-legged legs joined by an X-shaped brace surmounted by an amphora and terminating in arched feet, fitted with an extension to match the model; minor accidents. Dimensions (without extension) : H.75 cm (29 ½ in.) l.282 cm (111 in.) P.125 cm (49 ¼ in.) Dimensions (extension): 125 × 90 cm (49 ¼ × 35 ½ in.) Provenance: Delivered by Jansen in 1977 (see Fig. 1). Comparative bibliography : J. A. Abbott, Jansen Furniture, Acanthus Press, New York, 2007, p. 168, 171 and 172. A Louis XV style parcel-gilt and cream painted dining-hall table, by Maison Jansen This dining-hall table, with its Regency-inspired structure, is one of the most emblematic models by Maison Jansen, the illustrious decorating house founded in 1880 by Jean-Henri Jansen. A dining table of the same design was supplied by Jansen to Villa Windsor (see Fig. 2), the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris (see J. A. Abbott, Jansen Furniture, Acanthus Press, New York, 2007, p. 168). Two other dining tables of the same design, although in mahogany and from the former collection of Mrs Jayne Wrightsman, were sold at Christie's in New York on 27 September 2007 as lots 273 and 274 (for USD 97,000 and USD 61,000 respectively).