REGENCE STYLE LOUNGE TABLE, MID-XXth CENTURY Stamped by the House of Jansen In carved and gilded wood, the top in Chinese lacquer with gold decoration on a black background of a lacustrian landscape animated with architecture, the spandrels with a shell motif, the curved legs ending in a scroll, stamped twice JANSEN on the reverse, engraved mark under the top "BN96"; small accidents and missing parts. H. 36 cm (14 ¼ in.) l. 151 cm (59 ½ in.) P. 109 cm (43 in.) Provenance : Estate of Princess Lilian of Belgium, Château d'Argenteuil, Belgium. Bibliography : J. Archer Abbott, Jansen, Acanthus Press, New York, 2006, p.196-203. Comparative bibliography : J. Archer Abbott, Jansen Furniture, Acanthus Press, New York, 2007, p.267. A Regence style giltwood and Chinese lacquer occasional table, mid-20th century stamped by Jansen This coffee table, with its Chinese lacquer top on a Regency-inspired gilded wood frame, is one of the iconic designs by Jansen, the famous interior design house founded in 1880 by Jean-Henri Jansen. Jansen had very close ties with the Belgian royal family from the time it took part in the renovation of the Château de Laeken in the 1890s.In 1959, King Leopold III and his wife, Princess Lilian, commissioned Stéphane Boudin, the House's director, to carry out major refurbishment and furnishing work at their new residence in Argenteuil, near Waterloo (cf. J. Archer Abbott, Jansen, Acanthus Press, New York, 2006, p.196-203)..). It was in one of the salons at Argenteuil, an emblematic place in the heart of nature, that the elegant table we are presenting originated.