guéridonn.
/ɡɛrɪˈdɒ̃//ˈɡɛrɪdən/ A small ornamental table or stand, usually ornately carved.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > small table
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1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xliii. 329 In one corner appeared a guéridon with a marble top, and upon it a work-box.
1938 Burlington Mag. May 227/1 Candlesticks..could be placed on ‘guéridons’, nowadays usually called ‘torchères’.
1955 Times 7 July 5/7 £340 for a pair of early Georgian carved gilt and painted wood guéridon, resting on carved tripods terminating in claw-and-ball feet (4 ft. high).
1967 M. Ward Du Barry Inheritance xii. 184 The Empress Josephine..particularly cherished the Sèvres porcelain guéridon.
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