CIRCA 1760

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A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CONSOLE
CIRCA 1760
The serpentine grey-veined white marble top above a pierced frieze carved with C-scrolls, rocaille and flowering garlands centred by a lion mask, on conformingly carved double-scroll legs joined by a pierced rocaille stretcher carved with flowerheads; the underside of marble inscribed 'MR BENSIMON 1/26/50' in pencil, the top numbered '3966' in white, with traces of old paper label
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 48.5 cm. (123 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Bensimon Collection, according to inscription.

Special notice

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