Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon)

Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix French
 Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory French
 Porcelain plaques decorated by Charles Vandé French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 546

The top of this elegant worktable was meant to be used as a guéridon, to support a candelstick offering light when the owner, most likely an aristocratic woman, was working on her needlepoint or sewing at night.

Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon), Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799), Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk, French, Sèvres

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Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon), Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799), Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk, French, Sèvres
Candelstand and worktable (table à ouvrage en guéridon), Attributed to Roger Vandercruse, called Lacroix (French, 1727–1799), Oak veneered with tulipwood, boxwood, holly and ebonized holly, sycamore, and other woods; soft-paste porcelain, gilt bronze, silk, French, Sèvres

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