Jacob Desmalter and P.P. Thomire, superb Empire period console table

Mahogany and mahogany veneer museum console with sheathed caryatids and mirror background, resting on a plinth base. Rectangular in shape, the rear legs are pilasters, the front legs pillars with caryatid heads, and the entablature is topped with veined white and gray marble. A belt decorates the center with two sea dragons drinking from a fountain, and on either side, a stylized lotus flower surrounded by foliage. The marine dragons, rarely found in ornamentation, are reminiscent of those in the Bassin de Neptune and the Plat-fond at the Châteaux of Versailles and Trianon. The caryatid heads and gilded bronze trim are of an exceptional quality, rarely seen on the market. This piece is reminiscent of the work of Pierre-Philippe Thomire.
Its elegant, sober rectangular shape is in keeping with the characteristics of Empire-period consoles, marked by a return to a certain simplification, more or less abundant carving and a more architectural structure.
The model presented here bears close resemblance to several consoles by Jacob Desmalter and Bernard Molitor:

-a console delivered by Jacob-Desmalter on November 19, 1804 for the Palais de Fontainebleau. "Meubles entrés sous le Premier Empire", Fontainebleau, Musée National du Château, Catalogue des collections de mobilier 3, Jean-Pierre Samoyault, éditions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux,Fig.34, p.105.
-from a series of four consoles delivered in 1805 by Jacob-Desmalter for the dining room of the Petit Trianon.
"Meubles entrés sous le Premier Empire", Fontainebleau, Musée National du Château, Catalogue des collections de mobilier 3, Jean-Pierre Samoyault, éditions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux,Fig.40, p.109.
-Suite of 4 identical consoles with the Molitor-Ebéniste label, delivered between 1809 and 1812 in Kassel for King Jerome of Westphalia.
"Molitor, ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII" by Ulrich Leben, published by Monelle Hayot, p.61 and 156.
A console attributed to Molitor 1802-1805, provenance: The R.Fribourg Collection, SPB New York sale October 17-18, 1963.
"Molitor, ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII" Ulrich Leben, Editions Monelle Hayot, Fig. 90 p.194.
Empire period.
Parisian work of rare quality attributed to François Honoré Georges Jacob Desmalter ( 1770-1841 ) for the cabinetmaking and Pierre Philippe Thomire ( 1751-1843 ) for the bronzes.
Very good condition.
Original mercury mirror.

Dimensions:
Width : 148 cm
Height : 96 cm
Depth: 58 cm

Bibliography:
-Molitor, ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII " Ulrich Leben, éditions Monelle Hayot.
-Meubles entrés sous le Premier Empire , Fontainebleau, Musée National du Château, Catalogue des collections de mobilier 3, Jean-Pierre Samoyault, éditions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux.
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