Corner Console - Gilded Wood With 24 Carat Leaf - Green Marble From The Alps - Period: 18th Century

Sublime oak corner console carved and gilded with 24 carat gold leaf, topped with a magnificent green marble from the Alps from the 18th century.

These two magnificent crosspieces are very richly carved with acanthus leaves and are provided with a satyr for one and a baccantus for the other connected by a scalloped belt decorated with acanthus leaves and a shell in its center.

The whole rests on two curved legs ending in a shell.

Period: 18th century
Dimensions: Height: 75.5cm x Width: 52cm x Depth: 61cm
Marble dimensions: Thickness: 3.5cm

Comfort, propriety, convenience will become in the 18th century, the symbols of an art of living "à la française" where everything is convenience, intimacy and politeness.

It is this search for comfort that upsets etiquette and the way of life and will lead to the creation of a new type of furniture.
The royal or private residences will be the privileged receptacle.

Furniture and restoration specialists evoke a peak in popularity for the console under Louis XV.

At that time, as under the Regency or Louis XIV, the models were worked and decorated with very elaborate patterns.
Sculptures and reliefs, arched legs and curved facades...

Such a level of complexity is no longer current today, but the styles in question still inspire elegant creations, in particular Louis XV style consoles, for interior decoration rather classic.

A space between two windows or between two doors, under a mirror or on both sides of a fireplace, these were the most common destinations for these pieces of furniture. Places which remain privileged at the present time.