Offered by Franck Baptiste Paris
Large wall console, with two legs, in polychrome oak wood.
Finely carved and openwork model with a rock garden decoration.
The front crosspiece is largely perforated with acanthus clasps and garlands of flowers; it is centered with an asymmetrical escutcheon.
The side rails with plant decoration of branches.
The two uprights are intertwined with garlands of flowers and finished with internally scrolled legs.
They are connected by a spacer made up of a brace of two seed beads embellished with rosebuds.
Original lacquer with subtle gray-blue, water green, soft pink tints. (small scattered edits)
Original Sarrancolin marble top (restoration)
Parisian work from the Louis XV period around 1750.
Width: 141cm
Our opinion :
The rocky richness of the decor of our console places it in the middle of the Louis XV period in the 1750s.
The complexity of the decor and the search for balance undeniably shows us that it is the fruit of the research of an ornamentalist.
Due to the proximity of the design to other known consoles, we are leaning towards a composition by Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698-1777).
Our hypothesis is reinforced by the rare original lacquer that our console sports, which allows us to imagine it, integrated into a larger set of woodwork, and which corresponds perfectly to the large decorations of castles, made by the architect in the years 1750-1760 in Paris.
