A Victorian Gilt Bronze Gueridon with Inset Red Marble Top, In the Manner of Thomas Johnson, 19th Century

Pierre and Suzy Delbée, Avenue Foch, Paris

Bartolomé March Servera (1917-1998)

Christie’s Monaco, 10-11 December 1999, lot 409

The Grafton Street, Soho, carver and designer Thomas Johnson's (1714 - c. 1778) influence on furniture production of the mid-18th century was effected through his publication of various designs - Twelve Girandoles (1755), One Hundred and Fifty New Designs (1758), A New Room of Ornaments (1760) and A New Book of Ornaments... Useful for Youth to Draw After (1762). His publications demonstrated a particular fondness for natural beauty and he often incorporated birds, animals and foliate forms into his designs for mirrors, picture frames, console tables and other items.