Consoles
- €7,600.00
- France Epoch Louis XV, Mid 18th century
- Various soft and hard woods, richly carved in the form of acanthus leaves, flowers and volutes.
- Openwork, gold-framed, constructive parts in the rear frame area completed
- Profiled marble top from later times
- Dimension: 85 x 113 x 58 cm
- Well-kept general condition with minor signs of age and use.
- €2,800.00
Gilded Louis XV console with animalistic attributes, France circa 1750. Curved softwood frame partly open worked. Richly carved in the form of flowers, volutes and leaves as well as a swan and a fox. Reworked gold leaf frame, profiled marble top. Dimensions: 87 x 99 x 49 cm. Good condition with small traces of use
Consoles
Consoles and console tables are furniture that historically evolved from domestic altars. They are attached to a wall or stand in front of it.
In the XVIII century, consoles became indispensable furniture in sumptuous interiors.
In Italy, the most beautiful gold-framed consoles were made in Rome and Genoa. In France in Paris and in Germany in Dresden.
While in the Baroque and especially in the Rococo, the consoles were richly carved and gold-framed, veneered models were preferred in Classicism and Empire.
Under Louis XVI, the so-called consoles-dessertes were also used as typical dining room furniture. Consoles were mainly intended as ornamental furniture. One could place various decorative objects on them, such as clocks, candelabras, vases or sculptures. They were often placed under mirrors, either in the salon or in the entrance hall.