Console Two Feet, Golden Wood With Leaf, Period: Regency, Red Flanders Marble

Sublime oak corner console carved and gilded with 24 carat gold leaf, topped with a magnificent green marble from the Alps from the 18th century. These two magnificent crosspieces are very richly carved with acanthus leaves and are provided with a satyr for one and a baccantus for the other connected by a scalloped belt decorated with acanthus leaves and a shell in its center. The whole rests on two curved legs ending in a shell. Period: 18th century Dimensions: Height: 75.5cm x Width: 52cm x Depth: 61cm Marble dimensions: Thickness: 3.5cm Comfort, propriety, convenience will become in the 18th century, the symbols of an art of living "à la française" where everything is convenience, intimacy and politeness. It is this search for comfort that upsets etiquette and the way of life and will lead to the creation of a new type of furniture. The royal or private residences will be the privileged receptacle. Furniture and restoration specialists...

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