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RARE Athénienne FIRM
24" Diameter glass top added to make it function as a side table.
Approx 22" Diameter and roughly 36" high
A tripod originally used as an incense burner, a planter, or a washstand. Highly fashionable in France during the Louis XVI and Empire styles c1774 to 1789.
An *athénienne* refers either to a small decorative piece of furniture shaped like an antique tripod or to the feminine form of the adjective relating to the city of Athens.
Belonging or relating to the city of Athens, Greece, or to its ancient civilization. Also refers to anything linked to the goddess Athena.