GUERIDON  , a small table to hold a See also:

• LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp or See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase, supported by a tall See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column or a human or mythological figure . This piece of See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, often very graceful and elegant, originated in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France towards the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In the beginning the table was supported by a See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro or other See also:

• EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic figure, and there is some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to believe that it took its name from the generic appellation of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• GROOM

groom or " See also:

• TIGER
• TIGER (Felis tigris)

tiger," who was generally called " Gueridon," or as we should say in See also:

• ENGLISH

English " Sambo." The swarthy figure and brilliant See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume of the " See also:

• MOOR

Moor " when reproduced in See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and picked out in See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours produced a very striking effect, and when a small table was supported on the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head by the upraised hands the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of passive service was suggested with completeness . The gueridon is still occasionally seen in something approaching its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form; but it had no sooner been introduced than the See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• INSTINCT

instinct of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French designer and artificer converted it into a far worthier See also:

• OBJECT

object . By the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. there were several hundreds of them at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles, and within a See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation or two they had taken an infinity of forms—columns, tripods, termini and mythological figures . Some of the simpler and more artistic forms were of wood carved with See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar decorative motives and gilded . See also:

• SILVER

Silver, See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, and indeed almost any material from which furniture can be made, have been used for their construction . A variety of small " occasional " tables are now called in French gueridons .