What is a bouillotte table?

A bouillotte table is a small round card or occasional table featuring a raised gallery edge designed to keep counters from rolling off. They typically stand on slender legs and often incorporate a marble top. Originating in the eighteenth century for card games, these tables continued as popular side pieces through the nineteenth century with added bronze mounts and candle arms.

Where were these tables used?

Nineteenth-century interiors placed these tables in drawing rooms, boudoirs, and halls to hold lamps, decorative objects, or tea services. Their portable size allowed servants to move them easily around a residence. Today, they function similarly beside seating or as lamp stands in reception rooms, adding a reflective metallic element to domestic spaces.

How do I identify a Louis XV style table?

Louis XV style pieces display asymmetrical curves, cabriole legs, and naturalistic scrollwork rather than rigid straight lines. Bronze mounts usually trace the apron and foot contours to accentuate the flowing woodwork. Makers revived this aesthetic during the nineteenth century, pairing serpentine timber carcases with elaborate ormolu cast mounts and floral marquetry.

What is the difference between a side table and a centre table?

Centre tables are designed to stand free in the middle of a room, finished with decorative timber and mounts on all four sides. They presented an impressive focal point upon entering a saloon. Side tables, by contrast, usually sit flat against a wall or beside furniture, sometimes featuring simpler finishing on the rear elevation that faced the plaster.

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These bronze occasional tables bring French nineteenth-century cabinet-making into a room, offering small surfaces finished with gilt mounts and fine timbers.