Lot 77

A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, EBONIZED AND GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES

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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, EBONIZED AND GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

Details

A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU, PATINATED BRONZE, EBONIZED AND GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
Each with a rectangular black marble top above a frieze with confronting griffins flanked by rosettes on Egyptian monopodia supports and ebonized plinth base with mirrored back
37 ¼ in. (95 cm.) high, 44 in. (112 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) deep (each)

Provenance

With Kugel, Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Camu, Paris, acquired from the above circa 1975.
Acquired by the present owner from Didier Aaron, Paris.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The gilt and patinated bronze uprights of these console tables are inspired by the work of the great bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). He created several similar models and an ormolu and patinated bronze-mounted mahogany console table with almost identical figures attributed to him is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Inv. n. EPR-20).

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