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# Louis XIV and the fashion for guéridons, stands in the form of Moors in chains
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/podstavki-s-mavrami-dlia-tsvetov-skulptur-i-iastv-vvel-v-modu-liudovik-xiv-oni-nazyvaiutsia-geridony-ot-frants-voinstvennyi/
- Published: 2018-05-13T18:53:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:52:19.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, Monarchies, Observations, Mores

Stands in the form of Moors, for flowers, sculptures and victuals, were brought into fashion by Louis XIV; they are called guéridons (from the French for 'warlike'). Only it is not clear what is warlike about slaves in chains.