A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLEAFTER A MODEL BY JACOB-DESMALTER, 20TH CENTURYSigned indistinctly in pencil 'J Gaut' and '2066 Dessus 2 semblabbs..Saillie 12 m/m'83cm high, 124cm wide, 68cm deepThis table follows the design of a 'console double face' supplied by Jacob-Desmalter in 1808 for the apartment of Caroline Murat at the Elysée Palace, now in the Salon des Aides de Camp at the Grand Trianon, Paris. See D Ledoux-Lebard, Les Ebénistes du 19 Siecle, p. 271.For a related table see Christie's, London, Robert de Balkany Rome & the Cote d'Azur, 22-23rd March 2017, Lot 86 (£40,000)