A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED THUYA CONSOLE TABLE

A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR-ELM CONSOLE TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO GUILLAUME BENEMAN, CIRCA 1800

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A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED BURR-ELM CONSOLE TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GUILLAUME BENEMAN, CIRCA 1800
The rectangular grey veined white marble top above a frieze drawer, supported to the front by Egyptian female herms, the back with rectangular mirror plate, on a plinth and later bronzed paw feet, restorations
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm) deep

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical burr-elem console table attributed to Guillaume Beneman (maître in 1785) is illustrated in D. Ledoux-Lebard , Le Mobilier Français du XIXème siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 69. The latter console, formerly in the Castille Collection, came en suite with a commode and a secrétaire-à-abattant both stamped by the celebrated ébéniste and illustrated Ibid, p. 68.
Beneman was chosen to succeed Jean-Henri Riesener, becoming the main supplier to the Royal family in 1785.

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