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Lot Essay
Claude II Sené maître in 1769.
The current console originally formed one of a pair formerly in the collection of George D. Widener in Philadelphia. Subsequently purchased from the above by French & Co. on June 10, 1957, while at French & Co., the consoles went out on approval to Mrs W. Annenberg and the Carlyle Hotel. In 1961, the current console was purchased by the present owner in October. On May 29 of the same year, Mr Sidney Saks bought one of the consoles, which was presumably then sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 13 October 1973, lot 141.
With its foliate-carved voluted supports and shaped strecher surmounted by a Neo-Classical urn, this console table relates to a distinctive group delivered by Georges Jacob (maître in 1765) to Monsieur, the comte de Provence in 1785. Listed in the Inventory titled Mémoire des ouvrages faits pour le service du Garde-Meuble de Monsieur, frère du Roi sous les ordres de Monsieur de Bard par Jacob, Menuisier en meubles, rue Meslée, le 17 October 1785, these consoles are discussed in H. Lefuel, Georges Jacob Ebéniste du XVIIIème Siècle, Paris 1923, pp.200.
Jacob's contemporary Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (maître in 1769) is also known to have supplied consoles of this overall form, such as that sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 25 May 2000, lot 374 ($23,500) and thus an attribution is unjustifiable.
A related console by Jacob, but of larger proportions (46in. wide) was sold from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld, Christie's Monaco, 28-29 April 200, lot 8 (609,500FFr./$84,276).
The canted rectangular label with blue border is almost certainly that of a Rothschild Inventory, and compares very closely with that on the Carlin commode (lot 230).
The current console originally formed one of a pair formerly in the collection of George D. Widener in Philadelphia. Subsequently purchased from the above by French & Co. on June 10, 1957, while at French & Co., the consoles went out on approval to Mrs W. Annenberg and the Carlyle Hotel. In 1961, the current console was purchased by the present owner in October. On May 29 of the same year, Mr Sidney Saks bought one of the consoles, which was presumably then sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 13 October 1973, lot 141.
With its foliate-carved voluted supports and shaped strecher surmounted by a Neo-Classical urn, this console table relates to a distinctive group delivered by Georges Jacob (maître in 1765) to Monsieur, the comte de Provence in 1785. Listed in the Inventory titled Mémoire des ouvrages faits pour le service du Garde-Meuble de Monsieur, frère du Roi sous les ordres de Monsieur de Bard par Jacob, Menuisier en meubles, rue Meslée, le 17 October 1785, these consoles are discussed in H. Lefuel, Georges Jacob Ebéniste du XVIIIème Siècle, Paris 1923, pp.200.
Jacob's contemporary Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (maître in 1769) is also known to have supplied consoles of this overall form, such as that sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, 25 May 2000, lot 374 ($23,500) and thus an attribution is unjustifiable.
A related console by Jacob, but of larger proportions (46in. wide) was sold from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld, Christie's Monaco, 28-29 April 200, lot 8 (609,500FFr./$84,276).
The canted rectangular label with blue border is almost certainly that of a Rothschild Inventory, and compares very closely with that on the Carlin commode (lot 230).