Live Auction 5988Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit
A FRENCH GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
Lot 484

A FRENCH GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed28 September 2010

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GBP 5,625

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A FRENCH GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
BY ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The moulded rectangular waived vert de Campan marble top above an egg-and-dart and stiff-leaf carved frieze, hung with laurel-garlands, on six fluted legs and hairy hoof feet, joined by a double 'X'-shaped stretcher, the top beneath the marble stamped 'ESCALIER DE CRISTAL PARIS'
35 in. (89.5 cm.) high; 56 in. (143 cm.) wide; 22 in. (58 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Escalier de Cristal was established at the Palais Royal, nos. 162-3, by Marie-Jeanne-Rosalie Charpentier, the widow of Desarnaud, during the Restauration. The firm was acquired in 1847 by Lahoche et Boin, and by the end of the 19th Century, under the ownership of Pannier Freres (1890-1923) it expanded further, specialising in copies of Louis XVI ebenisterie.