CHATSWORTH FINE ART SALE April 29th, 30th & May 1st 2026

75 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 An important mid-19th Century French, Louis XVI style, ormolu mounted marquetry inlaid walnut and kingwood Poudreuse Table, by Maison Alphonse Giroux, Paris., approx. 74cms wide x 71cms high x 41cms deep (29” x 21” x 16”). (1)
The exquisite marquetry top with hinged central section, opening to reveal a rich kingwood veneered interior, with adjustable richly grained bolection framed bevelled mirror, and central brass lock plate inscribed ‘Mon Giroux A Paris’, flanked by two hinged side sections, the underside to each lined with blue velvet panels, opening laterally to reveal blue silk lined storage wells, above a shallow base frieze drawer. The opening sections fitted with finely chased brass hinges. Provenance: Betty von Rothschild, Baronne de Rothschild (1805 – 1886) (handwritten paper label to underside, for Betty Rothschild, Château de Ferrières, with inventory number and stamped twice with wax seal crest). In Paris, Betty von Rothschild, wife of Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, was a noted patron of the arts. Their ambitions were reflected in the splendor of his many properties. The one most emblematic of their status was Château de Ferrières, a sprawling estate east of Paris. Designed by the architect Joseph Paxton, known for the Crystal Palace in London, Ferrières was a lavish manor rendered in the Neo- Renaissance style. It boasted eighteen suites of apartments on the second floor, an opulent front hall inspired by the Doge’s Palace in Venice and a railway that brought food from the kitchen to the dining hall. Throughout the château’s many rooms were objects from the family’s ever-growing collection. The property was donated by the Rothschilds to the French government in 1975. €4,000 - €5,000 779. Rothschild Poudreuse Table