H: 35 cm W: 40 cm D: 28 cm

Although gilded bronze is widely used for clocks, andirons, and light arms, two categories of furniture escape this use and are almost exclusively designed and made of gilded wood: mirrors and consoles.

This Louis XV period wall console is one of those exceptions and is an extraordinary commission in every sense of the word.

The sublime design of this tangle of acanthus leaves punctuated with flowers is matched by the remarkable subtlety of the chasing.

The use of gilded bronze, although rare, is known for some mirrors, we even have the description of two mirrors "cast and chased by Caffieri on the design of Gabriel" offered by Louis XV to Sultan MahmoudI in 1742.

On the other hand, we have no equivalent for consoles in the Louis XV period, and we have to wait until the Louis XVI period to see the appearance of all-bronze table bases, which remain exceptional in furniture production.

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