<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">guéridons</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>candlestands</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>pedestal tables</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>occasional tables</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>blackamoors</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guéridon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pedestal table</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ French term of uncertain derivation denoting decorative candlestands; original type had a circular top and a central standard, often in the form of a Moor, or, as the taste for exoticism increased, of a negress or Indian. In Louis XV and Louis XVI periods guéridons became small movable tables. ]]></note></mads>