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This beautiful table is part of a rare and important Regency style dining room set in molded and carved oak. The table includes 4 extensions of 50cm each, which can make a table with a total length of 260cm (with the 4 extensions).
This set is for sale on our site and also includes:
- a pair of silverware with a large door, curved sides
- a pair of sideboards and marble tops
- a suite of nine chairs
- a pair of armchairs
The ensemble of very good quality sculpture comes from the Château de la Haute Forêt in Bréal sous Montfort. Collection of Edouard Nignon. The Château, built in 1857 in a half-Gothic, half-Renaissance style, is listed as a Historic Monument with its extremely well-preserved interior decor: floors, paneling, ceilings and fireplaces.
Edouard Nignon, who ordered our dining room set in 1919, lived in the Château until his death in 1934. Edouard Nignon was a Great Chef of French cuisine with European experience and reputation. He served Tsar Nicholas II, and the Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph. Of modest origin, he knew through his talent to climb all the ranks in the kitchen and then seduce the greatest of the time. His cookbook: Éloges de la cuisine française published in 1933 was a great publishing success and remains today published and sought after by apprentice cooks.
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