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A CARVED GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, LOUIS XVI |
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- Haut. 94 cm, larg. 102 cm, prof. 55 cm ; Height 3 ft 1 in.; Width 3 ft 6 1/4 in.; Deep 1 ft 7 in.
with a demi-lune grey veined marble top, above a frieze with a band of stylised pierced piastre, on female term supports suspending floral garlands terminating in acanthus carved scrolled supports joined by a stretcher centred by a flaming urn; (regilt)
Provenance
Collection Eugène Kraemer, sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28 and 29 April 1913, lot 168
Sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 255
Sold Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2008, lot 245
Sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 255
Sold Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2008, lot 245
Literature
S. de Ricci, Le style Louis XVI, Paris, 1913, p. 74 (ill.)
A. Keim, Die Kunststile des Louis XVI, 1929
Related literature:
T. Dell, Furniture in the Frick Collection, part. 2, Vermont, 1992, pp. 132-142
B. Langer and H. Ottomeyer, Die französischen Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1995, pp. 252-253
B. G. B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, vol. 2, Dijon, 1993, pp. 138-139
A. Keim, Die Kunststile des Louis XVI, 1929
Related literature:
T. Dell, Furniture in the Frick Collection, part. 2, Vermont, 1992, pp. 132-142
B. Langer and H. Ottomeyer, Die französischen Möbel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1995, pp. 252-253
B. G. B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, vol. 2, Dijon, 1993, pp. 138-139
Condition
Illustration is too orange. Overall condition is good. As stated in the catalogue the console has been completely regilded. Fine and crispy carving. Elegant model. The marble top restored, the edges with chips.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This console table is comparable to drawings executed by François-Joseph Duret (1729-1816), but also to several realisations with similar modeling, within the Turkish style that was very popular in the mid-1770s. For further discussion, see the pair of console tables from the hôtel des Deux-Ponts in Strasbourg, nowadays housed in the Munich Residenz (inv. Res. Mü. M134 and M135); the console table kept at the Louvre which was part of the collections of Charles-Claude de Flahaut de La Billarderie, comte d’Angiviller (1730-1809), Directeur General to the King's Buildings (inv. OA5165); the console table made around 1780 by Georges Jacob for the comte d’Artois’ Turkish cabinet at Versailles (inv. OA5234); and the pair of small console tables with Nubian figures housed at the Frick Collection (Dell, 135). One of the first Turkish cabinets, showing the exoticism taste for a dreamlike Orient, was probably that of the comte d'Artois delivered around 1775 to Versailles. However, the most famous remains the one produced for Queen Marie-Antoinette at the château of Fontainebleau, designed in 1777 by Richard Mique and decorated by the Rousseau brothers.