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Vintage Pair French Empire Revival Marble Top Gilded Console Tables 20th C

$5,149.21List Priceper set

About the Item

This is a beautiful vintage pair of Empire Revival mahogany gilt and ebonised console tables with striking green Verde Antico marble tops, dating from the last quarter of the 20th Century. The tables have wonderful decorative winged figural supports on each corner, reminiscent of the Empire syle, with inset bevelled mirror plates to the backs. They are raised on plinth bases. They are further decorated with elegant gilt carving typical of the Empire Period. These gorgeous console tables will instantly enhance the style of one special room in your home and are sure to receive the maximum amount of attention wherever they are placed. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully restored in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 75 x Width 101 x Depth 42 Dimensions in inches: Height 2 foot, 5 inches x Width 3 foot, 4 inches x Depth 1 foot, 4 inches Empire style, is an early-19th-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts followed in Europe and America until around 1830. The style originated in and takes its name from the rule of Napoleon I in the First French Empire, where it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and the French state. The style corresponds to the Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States and to the Regency style in Britain. The previous style was called Louis XVI style, in France. The Empire style was based on aspects of the Roman Empire. It is the second phase of neoclassicism which is also called "Directoire", after a goverment system. Furniture typically had symbols and ornaments borrowed from the glorious ancient Greek and Roman empires. The furniture was made from heavy woods such as mahogany and ebony, imported from the colonies, with dark finishes often with decorative bronze mounts. Marble tops were popular as were Egyptian motifs like sphinxes, griffins, urns and eagles and the Napoleonic symbols, the eagle, the bee, the initials "I" and a large "N." Gilded bronze (ormolu) details displayed a high level of craftsmanship. Ormolu - (from French 'or moulu', signifying ground or pounded gold) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze.The mercury is driven off in a kiln leaving behind a gold-coloured veneer known as 'gilt bronze'. The manufacture of true ormolu employs a process known as mercury-gilding or fire-gilding, in which a solution of nitrate of mercury is applied to a piece of copper, brass, or bronze, followed by the application of an amalgam of gold and mercury. The item was then exposed to extreme heat until the mercury burned off and the gold remained, adhered to the metal object. No true ormolu was produced in France after around 1830 because legislation had outlawed the use of mercury. Therefore, other techniques were used instead but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing ormolu method for sheer beauty and richness of colour. Electroplating is the most common modern technique. Ormolu techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil). Our reference: A3122

Dimensions:
Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 39.77 in (101 cm)Depth: 16.54 in (42 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 2
Style:
Empire Revival (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany,Marble,Gilt
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1980-1989
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1980
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A31221stDibs: LU950632869172

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