RARE CONSOLE DEMI-LUNE - Lot 52

RARE CONSOLE DEMI-LUNE Louis XVI period Stamped "B.MOLITOR" and "jurande JME". Mahogany and mahogany veneer with rounded sides, on four tapered and fluted asparagus legs joined by a mahogany shelf encircled by an openwork its openwork gilt bronze gallery. It opens with a drawer with its original front lock. White marble top encircled by a second openwork gilded gallery, original ormolu sabots, handles and keyhole. bronze keyhole. Under the belt is a very old red wax seal with intertwined monograms and monograms. On the back of the drawer bottom at the joint of the boards is a piece of a very old very old letter H: 86.5 x W: 83 x D: 42 cm B. MOLITOR, born in Luxembourg in 1755, died Fontainebleau 1833. He was awarded the title of Master in 1787. He worked for Queen Marie-Antoinette, for Mesdames at Château Bellevue, and for the Duc de Choiseul-Praslin. He received commissions from the Directoire, Napoleon, King Jerome of Westphalia and under the Restoration, Molitor sold furniture furniture to the Garde-Meuble royal, the King of France, the King of England and the King of Prussia! His works are exhibited in some of the most important French furniture museums in the West (Le Louvre, Wallace Collection, Versailles, Paul-Getty, Huntington Huntington Collection in California) Bibliography: - P.Kjellberg, "Le mobilier français du XVIIIème siècle", Ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 2002, pp 624-628 - Leben Ulrich, Wolff Gillet Aletta, "Molitor ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII", Ed Hayot, 1996, pp 3-248 - Ville de Luxembourg, "Bernard Molitor 1755-1833", Ed Villa Vauban, 1995, pp 3-253 - Comte F. de Salverte, "Les ébénistes du XVIIIème siècle", Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire,1934 Provenance: Collection of Monsieur M.