Adam Weisweiler (1744-1820, master in 1778) Console desserte

Period : Paris, Louis XVI period, circa 1785.

Material : oak frame veneered with mahogany and burr thuya ; ormolu-mounted and Wedgwood porcelain inset; grey-veined white marble top.

Dimensions : 36 ¾ in. high; 64 in. wide; 20 in. deep

Origin : formerly in Mrs V. P. Block Collection.

Description

Our console is flanked by out swinging corner drawers over turned graduated fluted uprights joined by a conforming pierced galleried under-tier, on tapering toupie feet. The grey-veined white marble top above a panelled fluted and flowering acanthus-cast frieze is centred by a Wedgwood plaque depicting An Offering to Peace.