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Console Table
Creator
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- about 1715–1720
- Medium
- Gessoed and gilded white oak and European walnut; lumachella pavonazza marble top
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Decorative Arts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
An artisan carved this table in a curious combination of styles. Sphinx-like monsters, trelliswork, and broad, pierced C-scrolls, which were associated with the Régence style, form the frieze and legs. The stretcher connecting the lower legs, however, is carved in the later, asymmetrical Rococo style, which reached the height of its popularity by the 1750s. The coat of arms on the frieze may belong to the Blainville family, descendants of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who was Minister of Arts under Louis XIV.
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