Louis XVI Marble Briolette Table with Brass Trim

• Pierced Decoration - Ornamental woodwork with part of the background cut through and removed to produce an open-work pattern.
• Fluting - A form of decoration found on many pieces of furniture, as well as ceramics, silver and clocks, in which round-bottomed grooves, of varying width and depth, are let into columns, pilasters, legs. As a general rule, flutes are cut in the vertical, though they may follow a turned leg in a spiral pattern. In cross-section, they may be described as a series of 'U' shapes, rising and narrowing at each end of the groove. Fluting is the opposite of reeding, with which fluting is often associated.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• tables, French
  • French briolette and bouillotte 24
  • French, wine and ocasional 563
• tables, marble top - marble top 133