"Console Stamped L. Bontemps In Paris"
Large 19th century console table from the Napoleon III period numbered and stamped twice L. BONTEMPS in Paris (decorator, furniture, tapestry, watchmaking ... established in Paris at N ° 30 rue de Londres and at N ° 1 rue de Constantinople in 1873) Structure of slightly curved half-moon shape with mirror bottom, piece of furniture entirely furnished with a marquetry in rosewood and amaranth veneer forming a rich decoration of frames and friezes, the front opens with a large drawer in a belt adorned with a beautiful keyhole and its key in finely chiseled gilded bronze, the four slightly raised uprights are joined by two large shelves ending in a base animated by an elegant scalloped plinth, the top is topped with a luxurious Sarrancolin marble called Fleur de Pêcher molded with projections and a beak of corbin has fields. Good general condition, to note some jumps of veneer. Dimensions: 1 m 49 long X 1 m 12 high X 44 cm deep.