An Imperial gilt-bronze mounted carved giltwood console table, by François-Honoré-Georges Jacob Desmalterdelivered in 1808 to the Palais des Tuileries for Napoleon's Grand Cabinet Intérieur with a rouge Griotte marble top delivered by Louis-Etienne Hersent (1741-1817), above a gilt-bronze mounted frieze centered by a medallion with head of Minerva, flanked by laurel leaves and paterae, on acanthus carved scrolled supports, fluted and ending on paw feet and embellished to the sides with flowerheads and lead lion mask to the insides of scrolls, with straight back supports, on a plinth base; inscribed to the back with Palais de Saint-Cloud and Garde-Meuble Impérial inventory numbers: SC 440 (1833 inventory); SC 383 (1843 inventory); ST C 396 (1855 inventory), 43709 (1869 Garde-Meuble Impérial inventory)104cm. high, 164.5cm. wide, 50cm. deep; 3ft. 5in., 5ft 4¾in., 1ft 7¾in.Condition reportTo request a
An Imperial gilt-bronze mounted carved giltwood console table, by François-Honoré-Georges Jacob Desmalterdelivered in 1808 to the Palais des Tuileries for Napoleon's Grand Cabinet Intérieur with a rouge Griotte marble top delivered by Louis-Etienne Hersent (1741-1817), above a gilt-bronze mounted frieze centered by a medallion with head of Minerva, flanked by laurel leaves and paterae, on acanthus carved scrolled supports, fluted and ending on paw feet and embellished to the sides with flowerheads and lead lion mask to the insides of scrolls, with straight back supports, on a plinth base; inscribed to the back with Palais de Saint-Cloud and Garde-Meuble Impérial inventory numbers: SC 440 (1833 inventory); SC 383 (1843 inventory); ST C 396 (1855 inventory), 43709 (1869 Garde-Meuble Impérial inventory)104cm. high, 164.5cm. wide, 50cm. deep; 3ft. 5in., 5ft 4¾in., 1ft 7¾in.Condition reportTo request a
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