A LOUIS XV CARVED OAK CONSOLE TABLE MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF NICOLAS PINEAU |

with a brèche d'Alep marble top, stripped and with restorations

In overall in reasonable restored condition. Surface originally gilded. With repairs and replaced elements to carved detail throughout, notably to joints of stretcher. Losses to carved detail and signs of movement along lines of construction. Base with later back rail and strengthening batton. The breche top with minor marks and scratches. Table generally with old marks and scratches consistent with age. A well drawn and carved table.
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The ornamentation and refinement of the carving details on this console table point to the work of the French designer and woodcarver Nicolas Pineau (French, 1684-1754), known to have been engaged to work for Peter the Great in Russia and to have later worked in Paris alongside prominent architects such as Jean-François Blondel and Jules-Hardouin Mansart de Sagonne. Held in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (inv. no. 4505 C), a proposition drawing for clients displays many similarities with the present console table.