Console Table with Marble Top – 19th Century
Antique French-Style Writing Table / Console Table with Marble Top – 19th Century. Elegant antique console table featuring a rectangular dark marble top with variegated veining and shaped, rounded corners. The wooden structure is decorated with contrasting walnut veneer panels and fitted with a front drawer featuring two ornamental metal handles. The table stands on slender cabriole legs, with decorative gilt-bronze mounts featuring foliate motifs at the full length front legs and corners. The curved apron and refined proportions are characteristic of the Louis XV-inspired style, reflecting the taste for elegant and decorative furniture of the 19th century. The warm-toned walnut veneer, dark marble surface and gilt-bronze details create a sophisticated contrast. It is well-reserved with all original parts. The condition is very great for its age, despite of some minimal scratches of age and use (as can be seen on the photos). Presented of some moth holes, mainly on the back legs (seen on photos) Measurement: Depth 54cm X Height 83.5cm X Width 97cm. Made in Italy. Period: 1940s/1950s.