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Premier Catalog Auction Day 2

Sat, May 12, 2018 09:00AM EDT
Lot 918

Louis XVI Ebonized Gilt Bronze Console Desserte

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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French, back with stamped signature "JOSEPH", top set with red and white veined marble, breakfront form, single frieze drawer flanked by mask mounts, dovetailed construction with oak linings, back set with three gold leaf mirrored panels, 35-1/2 x 74 x 20 in.

 Note: Accompanying this lot is the original catalog from Sotheby's sale 3979, dated April 23, 1977.

Condition

likely some period elements with restorations throughout, later support for top and later framing and mirrors and back panels, some wear and losses to ebonizing above frieze drawer, scattered cracks and minor separations, light surface wear (ebonizing likely refreshed and other restorations possibly obscured by ebonizing, see detailed photos)

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