A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLES CIRCA 1785, ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JACOB OR JEAN-BAPTISTE SENE Each with a rectangular granito bigio verdognolo top with outset corners above a frieze carved with rose arabesques, each centered by a spread-winged eagle, the angles with Apollo masks, on fluted tapering legs part-filled with chandelles joined by an X-form stretcher carved with beading and piastres enclosing foliate-entwined rods, with a central fruiting foliate finial, on turned tapering feet, the reverse of the frieze painted in the Restauration period with stylized foliage, each stamped 'PALAIS DES TUILERIES' and further stamped 'TH' and with an oval enclosing a crown above three fleur-de-lys, one with stencilled black inventory number '16952' once, the other stencilled twice, each marked in blue pencil '17626' and in black ink '18056', the marbles each with printed paper label, one with number '2358' and the other with '2359' 34¾ in. (88.5 cm.) high; 52¾ in. (134 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep (2)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLES CIRCA 1785, ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGES JACOB OR JEAN-BAPTISTE SENE Each with a rectangular granito bigio verdognolo top with outset corners above a frieze carved with rose arabesques, each centered by a spread-winged eagle, the angles with Apollo masks, on fluted tapering legs part-filled with chandelles joined by an X-form stretcher carved with beading and piastres enclosing foliate-entwined rods, with a central fruiting foliate finial, on turned tapering feet, the reverse of the frieze painted in the Restauration period with stylized foliage, each stamped 'PALAIS DES TUILERIES' and further stamped 'TH' and with an oval enclosing a crown above three fleur-de-lys, one with stencilled black inventory number '16952' once, the other stencilled twice, each marked in blue pencil '17626' and in black ink '18056', the marbles each with printed paper label, one with number '2358' and the other with '2359' 34¾ in. (88.5 cm.) high; 52¾ in. (134 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) deep (2)
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