Adam Weisweiler, Louis XVI Style Console Table In Mahogany, 19th Century - LS32059951

Louis XVI style console table in mahogany with three superimposed trays in the shape of a flattened half-moon and a straight belt with a rounded central indentation. It rests on four high top legs, surmounted by composite-shaped uprights: inverted twisted and gilded balusters then fluted balusters. Rich ornamentation of chiseled and gilded bronzes such as serrated plates, a frieze of ovals and water leaves and a gallery of frieze of openwork hearts on the lower plate, water leaves and vine branches on the uprights, bay leaves and an identical gallery on the intermediate plate. The belt is adorned with pewter plates painted in imitation of blue aventurine on which also stand out rich decorations of chiseled and gilded bronzes depicting cornucopias, wreaths of flowers, knots and perched birds. on flowering branches; the whole is framed and divided by bretted frames and plates. In the center of the belt, in the indentation, a circular medallion in Wedgwood porcelain with a sky blue background and a white bas-relief depicting the Three Graces, is surrounded by a frieze of oves in gilded bronze. Three white Carrara marble trays in the shape of a flattened half-moon. The inscription “Wedgwood” is also behind the biscuit medallion.

With regard to its mark, the porcelain can be dated between 1812 and 1822. This indication, added to the fact that the plates imitating blue aventurine have English marks on the back indicating their mounting position, makes it possible to suppose that it is This is an English work from the first half of the 19th century.

Weisweiler worked a lot with the merchant-mercer Dominique Daguerre, who was notably established in London and could have been at the initiative of the reproduction of the original model, stamped Weisweiler, preserved in Baltimore at the Walters Art Museum and coming from the collection of the baron Alfred de Rothschild then that of Henry Walters. This original example has a Wedgwood biscuit medallion depicting the "Sacrifice for Peace" recessed in the center of the console.

Work carried out in the first half of the 19th century.

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