166.1 Rectangular middle table, decorated with inlaid inlaid with a trellis of amaranth in a mahogany mahogany frame underlined by yellow wood fillets. It opens with two drawers in the waist and rests on four tapered and rests on four tapered and fluted feet with asparagus. Ornamentation in chased and gilded bronze such as frieze of foliage, rosettes, draw rings, moldings, rings and sabots. Marble top with peach blossom inverted cavet. Signed in a cartouche "MERCIER FRERES, 100 Faubourg St Antoine Paris". Louis XVI style, circa 1900. 76 x 100 x 59 cm. It is from 1867 that the house MERCIER FILS AINE took the name the name of MERCIER FRERES, installed 100, Faubourg Saint Antoine shortly after 1828. This dynasty of cabinetmakers obtained several awards during the XIXth century, notably at the Exhibition of the products of French industry in 1844, then in 1849. The central ornament in chased and gilded bronze with the head of Daphne flanked with rams and foliage, is based on the famous model used by Adam Weisweiler attributed to Gouthière. Bibliography: LEDOUX-LEBARD, Denise, The cabinetmakers of the 19th century 1795-1889, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1984.