A pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany console dessertes circa 1780, indistinctly stamped ...LERE

each with a D-shaped white marble top fitted with a pierced ormolu gallery, the frieze outlined with ormolu borders and fitted with three drawers, raised on fluted supports joined by a conforming platform stretcher on tapered fluted legs with ormolu sabots.

The colors less red and more attractive than in the catalogue illustration. The marbles in overall good condition, with minor surface abrasions and scratches consistent with age and use. The brass mounts with minor marks, slight denting and minor tarnishing, consistentn with age and use. Minor marks and age cracks to the mahogany. The leg of one restored.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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An almost identical console by Nicolas Petit (maître in 1765) is illustrated, A. Droguet, Nicolas Petit 1732-1791, Paris, 2001, p. 104.  It is of identical overall design with two white marble surfaces, it differs from the present lot only in the design of the ormolu mounts.