A French carved giltwood console table circa 1880

in the goût Turc manner, with a green veined marble top

In good overall condition, the gilt with some chipping and flaking in places.
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Comparative Literature:
B.G.B. Pallot,  Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Vol. 2,  Dijon, 1993, pp. 136-137.
Christopher Payne, 19th century European Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk,  1981, p. 227, fig. 687, for a 19th version of the Louvre table made by Beurdeley.

The  carving of this console is conceived in a similar vein to that upon a rectangular console table by Georges Jacob, now in the Louvre, illustrated by Pallot, op. cit., pp. 136-137. The original was made in 1781 for the second Turkish room of the comte d'Artois, the future Charles X,  at the château de Versailles. The original may well have been designed by Belanger or Dugourc. The 18th century table was widely copied in the 19th century by such important furniture makers such as Beurdeley.