Lot Essay
Fidelis Schey, maître in 1788.
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A LOUIS XVI 0RMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE
BY FIDELIS SCHEY
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A LOUIS XVI 0RMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE
By Fidelis Schey
The pierced, three-quarter galleried bowed carrara marble top and drapery-swagged border above a central frieze drawer with lappeted border, flanked by foliate panels and out-swinging drawers with conforming borders, on ring-turned stop-fluted supports with chandelles, joined by a conforming undertier, on ring-turned tapering legs with capped feet, stamped to the reverse 'F SCHEY', with indistinct chalk inscription to the reverse and remains of a paper label inscribed in ink '...xth....,'with two parcel stamp labels to the underside of the top, restorations to the lower tier, two acanthus mounts flanking the drawer replaced, with ink stain to right-hand corner of the top and lower marble
38¾ in. (98 cm.) wide; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
By Fidelis Schey
The pierced, three-quarter galleried bowed carrara marble top and drapery-swagged border above a central frieze drawer with lappeted border, flanked by foliate panels and out-swinging drawers with conforming borders, on ring-turned stop-fluted supports with chandelles, joined by a conforming undertier, on ring-turned tapering legs with capped feet, stamped to the reverse 'F SCHEY', with indistinct chalk inscription to the reverse and remains of a paper label inscribed in ink '...xth....,'with two parcel stamp labels to the underside of the top, restorations to the lower tier, two acanthus mounts flanking the drawer replaced, with ink stain to right-hand corner of the top and lower marble
38¾ in. (98 cm.) wide; 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep