A Royal Late Louis XV Carved Giltwood Console Table bearing the stamp of the Garde-Meuble de la reine Marie-Antoinette, Circa 1770

Auction Closed

February 2, 03:31 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

with a moulded Brèche d'Alep marble top; traces of earlier pale green decoration

height 35 1/2 in.; width 78 in.; depth 27 in.

90 cm; 198 cm; 68 cm

Possibly supplied in circa 1770 to the Petit Trianon, Versailles for the use of King Louis XV's favourite the comtesse du Barry, and subsequently gifted with the château by King Louis XVI to Queen Marie-Antoinette in 1774

Sotheby's Monaco, 18 June 1999, lot 128

Galerie Gismondi, Paris, April 2000