Lot 160
  • 160

An Austrian Empire ormolu-mounted, parcel-gilt and ebonized mahogany console table, attributed to Carl Beck Vienna, circa 1810

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • pine, mahogany, glass, marble
  • height 35 1/2 in.; width 39 in.; depth 18 1/2 in.
  • 90.5 cm; 99 cm; 47 cm

Condition

Marble top with repaired cracks and minor chips. Veneer and marquetry inlay with cracks and some small lifting. Small cracks to winged female supports. Re-ebonized. Gilding with rubbing and surface dirt. Mirror plate of later date and now with some scateered foxing. Minor rubbing to ormolu. In good overall condition.
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Catalogue Note

Compare a pair of Viennese console tables illustrated on page 80, Möbel des Klassizismus, Louis XVI und Empire, Wolfgang L Eller, München 2002.