ID 812936 
Lot 18  | A LOUIS XVI PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000 
CIRCA 1785
The Serpentina verde di Polcevera marble top above an egg-and-dart moulding on a frieze carved with scrolling foliate motifs centred on the long sides by a rosette and on the short sides by an acanthus frond, the stop-fluted tapering legs headed by Ionic capitals beneath rosettes, joined by an X-shaped stretcher decorated with entrelac and centred by a classical urn hung with floral swags, on foliate toupie feet, the urn to the stretcher possibly associated, refreshments to the decoration
34 1/2 in. (87.5 cm.) high; 44 1/2 in. (112 cm.) wide; 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection of Sigismond Bardac; Galerie Georges Petit, Mes F. Lair-Dubreuil and Henri Baudoin, Paris, 11 May 1920, lot 97 (acquired for 31,000 francs during the sale by a Mr. Decobeaux).
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Vol. II, 1993, Dijon, p. 167.
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| Medium: | Marble, Giltwood, Stone | 
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Medium: | Marble, Giltwood, Stone | 
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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