Louis XV style oval coffee table with 3 drawers inlaid in rosewood and maple.

French inlaid coffee table produced in the oval shape for living room, veneered in precious essences of walnut and burl ash. Its elegant shape and bronze accessories recall the stylistic typicality of Louis XV style furnishings. It can be placed in the center of the room or behind the sofa.

Model Description

Model Structure

The oval inlaid coffee table comes with 3 drawers and a lower shelf. The shape of the 4 legs follows a straight shape in the upper part where the 3 drawers are spaced, and then follows a double arch shape in the lower part, which gives a very refined and elegant look. Brass bronzes are applied on the table.

Raw Material

The luxurious coffee table is veneered in precious essences of walnut and burl ash. The inlaid purfling is made from rosewood and maple. The internal structure of the table for the center room is made of solid fir wood, the exterior is veneered with a thickness of 4mm. The bronzes are in cast brass on a ground mould.

Manufacture

The luxury coffee table in classic French Louis XV style is produced, inlaid and polished by hand in the Vangelista Mobili 1960 workshop. The cabriolet legs and the application of cast brass bronzes on an earth mold give the oval table a very high quality craftsmanship. To transform an idea into a handcrafted product, the design and the project are fundamental, which Vangelista Mobili 1960 creates in its high cabinet-making workshop.

Size of the model in the picture

The oval table is made in the size 53x41x79h.

Model History

Century of use

The refined oval-shaped table was reproduced from an original French model dating back to the second half of the 1700s. The original model is located in the Hall of mirrors in the famous Palace of Versailles in France.

Historical notes and mobile curiosities

One of our antiquarian customers asked us to reproduce some pieces present in the rooms of the prestigious Palace of Versailles. Using only black and white photographic material, we drew on cardboard the shape of this splendid oval table with double-arched cabriolet legs, typical of eighteenth-century French furnishings.