A ROYAL LOUIS XIV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

Lot 24
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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£ 378 000
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Lot 24 | A ROYAL LOUIS XIV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
Valeur estimée
£ 300 000 – 500 000
A ROYAL LOUIS XIV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

CIRCA 1683, AFTER THE DESIGN BY PIERRE LEPAUTRE

The rectangular giallo marble top above a frieze decorated with a foliate geometric motif interspersed with fleurs-de-lys and centred by an Apollo mask within a scrolling foliate cartouche flanked by cornucopiae, on eight tapering pilaster legs, the outer legs decorated with espaniolet masks to the front and foliate masks to the sides, the inner legs with scrollling foliate capitals above a gadrooned moulding and carved with husks, the legs joined by a scrolling stretcher enriched with carved acanthus leaves and trailing husks, centred by a shaped foot with foliate finial, the backrail with chateau de Sceaux brand of a crown above 'SX' and an anchor, regilt, the marble top later replacing the original porphyry top, the foliate finial to the stretcher later

31 1/2 in. (80 cm.) high; 78 1/2 in. (200 cm.) wide; 38 1/2 in. (98 cm.) deep (without marble)





Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to the French Royal family for the Galerie des Glaces, château de Versailles;

possibly by descent to Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (1670-1736);

thence by descent to Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793), château de Sceaux.



Literature

De Versailles à Paris, Le Destin des Collections Royales, Paris, 1989, p. 24 (illustrated).



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice. Specified lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square ( ¦ ) not collected from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale will, at our option, be removed to Crozier Park Royal (details below). Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite.If the lot is transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: [email protected] the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm
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