Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Sold The cabinet is in excellent

The cabinet is in excellent condition

Littman and his wife fled Europe and the horrors of the holocaust and came to the United States in 1940

especially the effects of evening light

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the plate having a scalloped rim

Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Sold The cabinet is in excellentSOLD A very rare, large, antique French Louis XVI carved gilt wood jardinire stand, modeled as a greyhound dog, circa 1780. This very rare survivor is finely carved in pine, and gesso and water gilded with gold leaf, the stand has the original circular zinc liner, above the dog's head is a circular stand with a carved arcaded lunette shaped gallery with a carved acanthus leaf support. The dog is very realistically carved and displays seated bolt