A French late 19th century ormolu-mounted satiné, parquetry and vernis Martin mirrored console
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A French late 19th century ormolu-mounted satiné, parquetry and vernis Martin console
the brèche d'Alep marble top surmounted by a shaped pediment, above a frieze centred by a cartouche, flanked to each side by a further cartouche, the mirrored back, front and sides decorated with vernis Martin panels depicting flower garlands, trophies and scènes galantes, on cabriole legs and foliate cast sabots,, 117cm wide, 41cm deep, 125cm high (46" wide, 16" deep, 49" high).
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The present console relates in design and décor to the style often called "third rococo", particularly well represented in Paris by furniture makers such as Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener or François Linke. In the 1880s Louis Majorelle's oeuvre is also representative of this taste as per example the giltwood suite decorated with vernis Martin he delivered for the Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn or the bed he presented at the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition.

    Literature:
    Camille Mestdagh, L'ameublement d'art français (1850-1900), Paris, 2010, pp.175-178.

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