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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CITRONNIER, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE

BY CHARLES TOPINO

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CITRONNIER, TULIPWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY CONSOLE TABLE
By Charles Topino
Crossbanded and banded overall and inlaid with ebony and boxwood lines, the circular moulded brocatelle marble top above a frieze-drawer flanked to either side by a hinged door, each inlaid with a simulated panel decorated with pendant floral swags, flanked and divided by pilasters inlaid with shaped overlapping cartouches, the doors each enclosing a plain interior with a shelf, on entasised brass-fluted legs above a conforming marble undertier framed by a pierced entrelac border, on short conforming legs headed by patera and terminating in brass sabots, bearing the spurious stamp 'G. TOPINO' and inscribed '5', the marble to the top and stretcher replaced, minor restorations to the marquetry
37½ in. (95 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Charles Topino, maître in 1773.

The delicate floral garlands adorning the frieze of this finely inlaid console are typical of the work of Charles Topino. Similar floral garlands feature on a group of marquetry demilune commodes by Topino, including a pair formerly in the collection of the 6th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, sold Sotheby's house sale, 19 May 1977, lot 467, and another pair formerly in the collection of Miss Alice de Rothschild, sold Christie's New York, 23 October 1998, lot 166.
A related console by Topino was sold Christie's New York, 23 May 1995, lot 242 ($47,150).

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