CIRCA 1710

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A LOUIS XIV GREY-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE
CIRCA 1710
The later shaped liver marble top with molded lip towards the back above the frieze with banding and patera and on eight fluted and gadrooned baluster pilasters joined by a waved C-shaped stretcher with central patera platform, the marble probably associated
34 in. (86 cm.) high, 94½ in. (240 cm.) wide, 34½ in. (88 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Tables such as the offered lot were mainly used for ceremonial purposes and in combination with a buffet display of silver and other metal work for the dining room. Many of these tables all share the same large proportions, with supports of eight legs joined by a scrolling stretcher, and combined with the delicate floral carvings of the frieze. A magificent earlier example is in still at the Palace of Versailles (see P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Versailles: Furniture of the Royal Palace, 17th and 18th Centuries, Dijon, 2002, vol. II, p. 171) and two other similar tables with more complex carving, sold Sotheby's, New York, 16 March, 1974, lot 96 and 13 October, 1983, lot 207.

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