Louis XVI console by Pierre-François Guignard
87.5 x 130 x 56.5 cm (34 ¹/₂ x 51 ¹/₈ x 22 ¹/₄ inches)
mahogany Carrare marble
18th century
Guignard
Guignard
A large mahogany sideboard with a drawer in the front and two drawers in the corner with knobs hidden under the row of drawers in the waist. The drawers are surmounted by a white marble top surrounded by a finely openwork gilt bronze gallery; bronzes found in fine rows of pearls lined with water leaf friezes framing the drawer fronts, laurel bundle falls wrapped around the corners of the furniture and as drawer handles, acanthus scallops festooned with garlands of trimmings.
Stamped Pierre-François Guignard (Master in 1767)
Louis XVI period, France, 18th century
Width : 130 cm / Height : 87,5 cm / Depth : 56,5 cm