FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A REGENCE GILTWOOD CONSOLE
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The shaped breche violette marble top above an acanthus-carved frieze, centred by a clasp, the double-scrolled supports terminating in a clasp and raised on a plinth, the lower plinth replaced
36 in. (92 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.); 19 in. (48 cm.) deep

Provenance

Previously collection Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Talleyrand.
Christie's Paris, 21 June 2007, lot 132.

Literature

B. Pallot, Le Mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Tome II, Paris, 1993

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Lot Essay

The shape and proportions of this console are related to drawings made by Jules Degoullons for the 'Société pour les Bâtiments du Roi'. A comparable model made by Degoullons and his workshop for the château de Bercy circa 1713 and now in the Louvre museum (B. Pallot, Le Mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Tome II, Paris, 1993, p.40, n.7) shows the same shape and ornaments, although richer and more complex.

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