Antique Vintage French. Demi-lune Console Table, Louis XVI Style. Gilded Gesso

  

Vintage French, gilded gesso demi-lune console table. Serpentine leading edge to the top surface with an elegant floral motif to the leg.

This highly attractive demi-lune console table comes to us via a reliable French dealer from Normandie who sourced it in St. Although it probably dates back to the mid-20th c. Rococo, of course, an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and. Decoration , combining asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, sun-burst detailing and sculpted molding to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama.

Two very minor chips to the gesso commensurate with age, one to the leading edge, the second to the base of the leg. Two basic, original metal brackets. An elegant decorator's piece. Part of a small selection of gilded gesso and metalartefacts currently listed here by lacewing-provencal.

Please look carefully at the images as they form part of the description. WILL BE DISPATCHED ENCASED IN POLYSTYRENE FOR PROTECTION. ANTIQUE DESVRES WIZARD & ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE FOR DISPLAY ONLY, AND NOT INCLUDED. WILL BE DISPATCHED ENCASED IN POLYSTYRENE.

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The item "ANTIQUE VINTAGE FRENCH. DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLE, LOUIS XVI STYLE. GILDED GESSO" is in sale since Monday, January 20, 2020.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Antique Furniture\Tables\20th Century". The seller is "lacewing-provencal" and is located in Hampton. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Style: Louis XVI
• Material: WOOD & GILDED GESSO.
• Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
• Type: Console Table