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CIRCA 1780, IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-HENRI RIESENER
Details
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE
Circa 1780, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener
The demilune white marble top within a three-quarter pierced gallery, above two panelled frieze drawers mounted with escutcheons cast with winged putti and foliate branches and vines within a beaded surround, the sides with similarly-mounted doors alternating with panelled anthemia, above a lower tier with a panelled back within a pierced roundel gallery joined by turned fluted uprights, on paterae-headed turned tapering legs with toupie feet
39in. (99cm.) high, 61in. (155cm.) wide, 20¼in. (51.5cm.) deep
Circa 1780, in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener
The demilune white marble top within a three-quarter pierced gallery, above two panelled frieze drawers mounted with escutcheons cast with winged putti and foliate branches and vines within a beaded surround, the sides with similarly-mounted doors alternating with panelled anthemia, above a lower tier with a panelled back within a pierced roundel gallery joined by turned fluted uprights, on paterae-headed turned tapering legs with toupie feet
39in. (99cm.) high, 61in. (155cm.) wide, 20¼in. (51.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Hugo de Cahen d'Anvers, sold Paris, 7 June 1934, lot 137