Louis XVI Style French Console Table Gilded Wood And Marble Breccia Pontificia

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Louis XVI Style French Console Table Gilded Wood And Marble Breccia Pontificia

About the Item

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Elegant and refined French console table in Louis XVI style in gilded wood; the frontal band has rich and sophisticated decorations; under it are cascaded light and soft floral garlands; the two legs carved with grooves are joined at the bottom by a curvilinear crossbeam at the center of which there is a turned decoration in the shape of a knob; the top is made of excellent marble quality Breccia Pontificia. This splendid object, a sober masterpiece of the Louis XVI style, was created in an artisan workshop near Paris between 1920 and 1925. All the precious decorations on the console table were made in "pastiglia". The "pastiglia" processing, the fruit of the ancient artisan tradition, was born in Italy in the late fifteenth century, remains in use for most of the seventeenth century, and then continued in the nineteenth century. The "pastiglia" consisted of a mixture of gypsum (calcium carbonate), vegetable-gluey resins, honey, linseed oil, and often marble dust. On the wooden support a veil of cloth was glued and subsequently various states of "pastiglia" were spread, this was then imprinted or engraved or finely modeled ( see example photo), usually, the decorative motifs were in bas-relief, then the whole was allowed to harden and in the end, it was applied the gilding with very thin gold leaves. This fascinating working method is no longer practiced, there is only one company in the world that still performs it on frames: Studio Rufus Cavalli & Poli Frames in Carpenedolo (Brescia-Italy). The Breccia Pontificia is a very special and fascinating marble, nature has given it a rare composition of colors, it has large and seductive veins pronounced dark color, it is extracted from the marble quarries of Custonaci (Sicily-Italy), in the same site of the ancient jasper of Sicily, the Breccia Pontificia finds its greatest diffusion in the period of Italian and European baroque. The churches of Rome of that period are full of works made with this stone and in many historical documents of the time, it is clear that it was the stone preferred by Bernini who used it in many of his works: one of the most beautiful is the tomb of Pope Urban VIII in the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, Vanvitelli used it in the royal palace of Caserta in the walls of the entrance hallway, the same use that we find in the royal palace of Naples. Historical documents of the time report the sale of Breccia Pontificia blocks in France as well. The console is in excellent condition. Measures width cm.54, depth cm.27, height cm.82. For all our shipments we use special packaging materials (wooden crates, styrofoam, etc.) for maximum protection and safety of the objects.

Dimensions:
Height: 32.29 in (82 cm)Width: 21.26 in (54 cm)Depth: 10.63 in (27 cm)
Style:
Louis XVI (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Wood,Gilt
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1920-1925
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. The console is in excellent condition.
Seller Location:
Prato, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4632227295572