A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR (1755-1833), CIRCA 1790 The concave-sided brocatelle violette marble top with a husk-filled fluted edge above a panelled frieze drawer applied with scrolling flowering foliate mounts flanked by detached waisted and beaded corner columns, above tapering fluted legs joined by a conformingly-shaped undertier with egg-and-dart edge and mirrored back, on toupie feet with panelled collars, stamped 'S.N.H.' and numbered '# 16' in red; the marbles later 33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 61 1/8 in. (155 cm.) wide; 22 1/8 in. (65 cm.) deep Provenance The collection of Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), Palais Rothschild, Vienna. By descent to his nephew Baron Alphonse von Rothschild. Confiscated following the “Anschluss”, March 1938 (Inventory number AR 250). Stored at the Unteres Belvedere, Orangerie, Vienna. Restituted to Baroness Clarice Adelaide von Rothschild, 2 April 1948. New York, Rosenberg & Stiebel, 1967. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (Ohio), acquired in 1967 (acc. no. 67,150).
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CONSOLE DESSERTE ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR (1755-1833), CIRCA 1790 The concave-sided brocatelle violette marble top with a husk-filled fluted edge above a panelled frieze drawer applied with scrolling flowering foliate mounts flanked by detached waisted and beaded corner columns, above tapering fluted legs joined by a conformingly-shaped undertier with egg-and-dart edge and mirrored back, on toupie feet with panelled collars, stamped 'S.N.H.' and numbered '# 16' in red; the marbles later 33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 61 1/8 in. (155 cm.) wide; 22 1/8 in. (65 cm.) deep Provenance The collection of Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), Palais Rothschild, Vienna. By descent to his nephew Baron Alphonse von Rothschild. Confiscated following the “Anschluss”, March 1938 (Inventory number AR 250). Stored at the Unteres Belvedere, Orangerie, Vienna. Restituted to Baroness Clarice Adelaide von Rothschild, 2 April 1948. New York, Rosenberg & Stiebel, 1967. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (Ohio), acquired in 1967 (acc. no. 67,150).
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