"Louis XVI Style Console Table Late 19th Century"
Louis XVI style console table, France, End of the 19th century, Circa 1880, opening with three drawers in a belt in mahogany-tinted plane tree veneer, highlighted by a gilded bronze frame, resting on four octagonal legs in mahogany-tinted plane tree veneer on beech, topped with a circular gilded bronze ring. A spacer shelf in veined white marble surrounded by a gilded bronze ingot mold. Top of veined white marble surrounded by an openwork gallery in gilded bronze. With a key opening the three drawer locks. Pretty piece of furniture with elegant proportions, whose extremely careful construction, the refined details of its decoration and its adornment of chiseled and gilded bronzes, is similar to the beautiful Parisian creations of the end of the 19th century in the spirit of the great cabinetmakers of the 18th century.