Lot Essay
An almost identical jasperware-mounted console desserte sold Christie's East, 26 October 1993, lot 359 ($25,300).
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CIRCA 1880
Details
A Louis XVI style ormolu and jasperware-mounted mahogany and parquetry console desserte
Circa 1880
The demi-lune shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming scrolling foliate frieze centred by a jasperware plaquette depicting a putto, the case fitted with a pair of trellis and patera parquetry decorated panelled cupboard doors opening to reveal a single shelf, the recessed mirrored sides with two sets of marble-topped open shelves, flanked by scantily-clad caryatids, on turned tapering legs and foliate-capped feet
40½in. (102.8cm.) high; 61 3/8in. (155.9cm.) wide; 20 5/8in. (52.4cm.) deep
Circa 1880
The demi-lune shaped brèche violette marble top above a conforming scrolling foliate frieze centred by a jasperware plaquette depicting a putto, the case fitted with a pair of trellis and patera parquetry decorated panelled cupboard doors opening to reveal a single shelf, the recessed mirrored sides with two sets of marble-topped open shelves, flanked by scantily-clad caryatids, on turned tapering legs and foliate-capped feet
40½in. (102.8cm.) high; 61 3/8in. (155.9cm.) wide; 20 5/8in. (52.4cm.) deep