FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY CONSOLE TABLES
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular fossile granite top with moulded edge above a plain frieze and column-shaped supports joined by X-shaped stretchers, each with a black bordered paper label, printed 'Chateau d'Arc en Barrois Rez de Chaussee, No:' and inscribed 'Salon du Prince de Joinville Deux consoles acajou avec croisillon a dessus de marbre', each with several ink stamps 'ARC' and each with a crowned 'LB' stamp
38 in. (97 cm.) high; 46 in. (97 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Prince de Joinville, Château d'Arc en Barrois.

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Lot Essay

This elegant pair of mahogany console tables stood in the Salon of the Prince de Joinville, in the Château d'Arc-en-Barrois.

The château d'Arc-en-Barrois was built in the 1840s by Princess Louise-Marie-Adelaïde-Eugénie d'Orléans (1777-1847), known as Madame Adelaïde, for her brother Louis Philippe (1773-1850), King of the French from 1830 to 1848.

François-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818-1900) was King Louis-Philippe's third son. He lived in the Château d'Arc-en-Barrois and is said to have carried out important works on the Royal family's château, including the transformation of the former forge into a sawmill equipped with a powerful steam-machine.

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