Antique French Louis XVI Marble Gold gilded Salon Ladies Writing Table 1800

This is a very rare antique High Baroque game table is hand crafted and has an absolutely magnificent wooden inlay with people playing cards and in the center there are images of pla...

“MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL”? This ladies’ antique dressing table is elegant and playful. It decorated ...

Magnificent set of two Baroque French Valances (Pelmets in UK) represents an era of Louis XV palaces accessories. Hand carved and gold gilded these two Pelmets have a unique and most...

This splendid unique and extremely rare antique Austrian baroque Console Table is a real piece of Art. The table has been owned by members of the Habsburger Royal Family of Austria. ...

A striking French antique Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted writing table made after the model by cabinetmaker to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinetteean, important ébéniste Jean-Henri Riesener (German/French, 1734-1806) and later reproduced by Francois Linke (French, 1855-1946). Signed bronze mounts, Marco. Born in France in the early 19th century, possibly during the late 18th century Louis XVI period, most likely Parisian work, exquisitely hand-crafted in several woods of contrasting colors including walnut and mahogany to create fine wooden inlays and parquetry detailing. The original partially inset marble top with dramatic veining sits above a flat sided break-fronted front and back adorned with fine bas-relief bronze plaques cast adorned with putti cherubs in the manner of the French sculptor Clodion (Claude Michel, 1738-1814). The centered front bronze panel disguises a single frieze drawer with dovetail joinery and original key, flanked by gilded bronze foliate mounted rounded corners, a simulated panel drawer to the reverse, embellished on all four sides by intricate finely chiseled, chased and sculpted scrolling laurel ribbon and garland swag ormolu mounts, patinated brass running ornamentation, rising elegantly on four bronze dore ring mounted straight tapering fluted legs, terminating in patinated bronze toupie feet sabots. Signed / marks; the bronzes are stamped / incised Marco. PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Property from the Collection of Gloria Monnet Nicholson, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Acquired from highly reputable auction house Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Signature Auction, catalog #8085. Dimensions: (approx) 30" High, 32" Wide 21.5" Deep As warm and attractive as it is useful, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a side table, petite bureau...

French gilt carved wood original marble top console with articulated carved skirt, fluted legs, and laurel wreath with twisted rope. Late 18th century

French Louis XVI style (19th Century) gilt center table with stretcher, marble top, and open filigree apron with swag carving.

Beautiful Louis XVI style center table or console in gilded wood marble top. It is sculpted as a belt with a ribbon frieze and rests on four fluted feet crowned with palms joined by ...