A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED CONSOLES MID 18TH CENTURY

each of palm-tree form raised on a rock-form base.  Each with various customs stamps for Paris, one stamped DOUANES / CENTRAL ..., another label with inked number 546, the other table with a printed label COPENHAGUE - 1935 / L'ART FRANCAIS OU XVIII^{TH SIECLE} and stencilled number 381.  Tops later, later painted.

Madame H. Bouvier

Charlottenberg Palace, Copenhagen, Exposition de l'Art Français au XVIIIe Siècle, August 25–October 6, 1935

Charlottenberg Palace, Copenhagen, Catalogue, Exposition de l'Art Français au XVIIIe Siècle, August 25–October 6, 1935, p. 239, no 873, 'Paire de Petites Consoles, de l'époque de Louis XV, en bois sculpté, à tiges de palmiers'

Now with later marbleized wood tops (removable); later painted and with losses to leaf tips, some restorations; bases with age cracks, chips and losses to painted decoration.
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