Lot 139
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AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

CIRCA 1720

Details
AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
Circa 1720
The later shaped rectangular campan marble top above a pierced waved foliate-carved frieze centering a mask of Venus over a pair of scrolled supports headed by lion's masks and joined by a stretcher centering a ruffled shell, the sides carved with wings, on scroll feet
35in. (90cm.) high, 40in. (101.5cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The delicate form and finely carved details of this console with central female mask can be closely compared to a model designed by Jean-Bernard Toro circa 1716 (see C. de Salverte, Le Meuble Franais d'Aprs les Ornemanistes de 1600 1789, Paris, 1930, pl. IX.) Another related console derived from a design by Gilles-Marie Oppenord of circa 1725-1730 is illustrated in C. Packer, Paris Furniture by the Master bnistes, Newport, 1956, fig. 16.