EXCEPTIONAL CONSOLE “À LA GRECQUE”

WITH CANTED SIDES IN EBONY, GILDED BRONZE AND YELLOW SICILIAN JASPER

PARIS, CIRCA 1765-1770.
CLAUDE-CHARLES SAUNIER (1736-1807, MASTER IN 1752)

Oak carcass, ebony veneer, brass inlay, gilt bronze, yellow Sicilian jasper top.

H. 89 cm. (35 in.); L. 120 cm. (47 ¼ in.); W. 69 cm. (27 ¼ in.).

STAMPS: C.C. SAUNIER (visible in three places, on the two side rails and the rear rail of the console); JME, the poinçon de jurande (warranty mark) of the guild of joiners and cabinetmakers in Paris visible on the rear rail.

PROVENANCE: private collection, New York.

LITERATURE: Pierre Kjellberg. Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2002, p. 818, ill. p.824 (a).

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