Decorative Table, c. 1880

 
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Ebonized wood pedestal, top with ormolu trim, inlaid with painted Sèvres style porcelain. Central portrait depicts Madame du Barry (1743-1793), mistress of King Louis XV, surrounded by 17 miniatures of great ladies of the French court. Gift of Mrs. Leonidas T. Barrow 1959.