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Lot 616 Dα

A Parisian Empire console table

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €

A Parisian Empire console table

Solid mahogany and veneer, mirror, ormolu mountings, dark grey marble top. An elegant console table formed as a portico with a drawer to the architrave, the upper section with a mirror flanked by pilasters behind two columns. Restored. H 84.5, W 94.5, D 43.5 cm.
Early 19th C.

Literature

A similar console table with a toilette mirror purchased in 1809 the Empress' bedroom in Versailles, published in: de Groer, Les arts décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg 1985, no. 153.