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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE
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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE

BY BERNARD MOLITOR

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE
By Bernard Molitor
The rectangular grey-veined white marble top above a sunk-panelled frieze drawer, on square tapering panel legs joined by a rectangular undertier with a pierced gallery, on turned tapering feet, the marble inscribed on the underside 'VAN-HOVE, HOPKINS', stamped four times B.MOLITOR
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 57¾ in. (146.5 cm.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep
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Bernard Molitor, maître in 1787.

A remarkable ébéniste, Bernard Molitor arrived in Paris in 1776. After obtaining his maîtrise, Molitor began his career with a few court commissions, but he mainly produced luxurious and extremely well made furniture for the aristocracy, such as the richly ornate ormolu-mounted furniture executed for the duc de Choiseul-Praslin.
Two related mahogany consoles are illustrated in U. Leben, Molitor, London, 1992, p.193, figs.85 and 85c.