Restoration Period Console Table Made for King Louis-Philippe, circa 1830

An important and monumental Louis-Philippe Verre opaline vase. French, circa 1830. Standing at almost 54 inches (136 cm) this impressive vase is in white opaline glass with per...

An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze allegorical groups depicting music and wine. Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled and ch...

An exceptional pair of restoration period gilt-bronze figural groups, allegorical of hunting and fishing. Each group is set on a naturalistically modelled base and finely modelled...

A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted console table, in the manner of François Linke. This fine console table has a shaped top above a crossbanded frieze centred by a foliate ...

A pair of Louis XV style giltwood console d'Appliques. French, circa 1910. Each console has a serpentine-shaped fleur ...

A Large Louis Philippe Period Gilt-Bronze Table Centrepiece or Corbeille (Fruit Basket). Attributed to Guillaume Denière (1815-1903), Paris, Circa 1840. The four sculptural figures of seated children are attributed to Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852) and represent the four elements of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Each figure is accompanied by its corresponding attribute. Fire holds a flaming torch and sits atop a dragon. Water sits atop a dolphin and perhaps originally held a trident spear. Earth holds grapes and ears of wheat accompanied by a lioness and cub. Air holds a billowing robe and sits atop an exotic bird. The circular top of the centrepiece with beaded rim and cast in relief to the basin with strapwork and lion masks. The underside of the basin similarly cast with additional detail of herm figures above a belt of intertwined vine leaf and mice. The whole supported on a baluster upright hung with volutes and fruiting swags above a spreading socle and oval foot. This impressive centrepiece dates to the late 1830s or early 1840s when the patronage of King Louis Philippe I of France heralded a pronounced flourishing in the sculptural art of metallurgy. Such a specific dating can be made with reference to a surtout de table which was commissioned in 1834 by Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d’Orléans and eldest son of King Louis Philippe. That famous and documented surtout de table, comprised centerpieces, candelabra and tazze modelled in a new sculptural style with figures, animals and naturalistic decoration. Designed in the Renaissance revival style by Claude-Aimé Chenavard (1798–1838) and Jean-Baptiste-Jules Klagmann (1810–1867) and made by Chenavard’s pupil Guillaume Denière, the duc d’Orléans surtout was a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ with input from many designers, modellers and sculptors including from Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-1852), Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1814- 1894) and Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875). The surtout was delivered to Ferdinand-Philippe’s apartments at the Tuileries Palace in April 1839. Ferdinand Philippe, duc d’Orléans died in a carriage accident three years later, on 13 July 1842 and following the French Revolution of 1848 the extensive surtout was sold by his widow, the former Duchesse Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858) at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18-20 January 1853. It was divided into multiple lots with the sculptural centrepieces by Antoine-Louis Barye, candelabra and decorative dishes widely dispersed. The present centrepiece compares closely to multiple elements of the duc d’Orléans surtout de table, most obviously in the profusion of Renaissance revival strapwork and the figures of children which in appearance, pose and allegorical purpose are directly comparable to related figures of children variously employed as attributes for music, feasting and hunting across the centrepieces and candelabra which make up the Orléans surtout de table. Compare a pair of candelabra titled ‘candelabra with woman playing flute...

Circa 1830 Louis Philippe Mahogany Console. Beautiful console.

A elegant and large scale restoration console with a beautiful shaped black and white piece of marble. The top elegantly cantilevers over its base ...

C1830 French Louis Philippe Console with Saint Anne Marble Beautiful piece, see photos.

A nearly 200 year old Period Louis Philippe (1830-1848) French burled walnut tiered console table. Born in France in the mid-19th century, hand-crafted of fine warm rich solid wal...

Having its original serpentine shaped marble top atop a conforming frame raised on straight back legs and turned front legs, in exceptional condition

C1830 French Louis Philippe Mahogany Console with St. Anne Marble Beautiful piece, see photos.