Offered by Galerie Pellat de Villedon
Furniture, works of art and paintings
Pair of gilded and carved wood consoles with two scrolled legs forming a curve and counter-curve and joined by a spacer topped by a plant cartouche. Rance de Belgique marble top, molded in the shape of a "bec de corbin".
Louis XV period
Restoration, one marble slightly damaged, will be repaired.
H. 82 x W. 68 x D. 41 cm
The Rococo vocabulary of floret, ragged cabbage leaf and acanthus leaf motifs is very much in evidence on this console. The light lines allow us to place this pair of perfectly symmetrical consoles in the 1750s, when rocaille was becoming lighter while retaining its movement. A similar console can be found in lot no. 367 - sale May 05, 2011 - Christie's, and another in lot no. 19 - sale March 22, 2017 - Christie's.
