A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany and satinwood console table circa 1785

Occasional scratches to marble top with small edge chips. Ormolu band at top seperating from the console on the left side. Cracks to the side veneers with scratches and abrasions throughout. Side veneer pieces of the frame of the central drawer are detached but present. Brass inlays on fluted columns are lifting with one on the front leg almost entirely detached and another completely detached but present. Pieces of veneer missing to base with other areas of minor restorations; cracking, lifting, and losses to veneer throughout stretcher. Mounts on the stretcher are lifting with two mounts (one circular mount to right side of stretcher and one mount to base of left front leg) detached but present. Oxidation and surface dirt to ormolu mounts. One key present.
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