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Wed 03 Jul

PAIR OF CONSOLES, BY GEORGES-ALPHONSE JACOB-DESMALTER (1799-1870), CIRCA 1830/40 rectangular; in mahogany, mahogany veneer and flamed mahogany veneer, with sycamore. The waistband opens to a drawer, decorated on the front with reserve framing fillets. They stand on hocked front jambs with lion's paw and scrolled lotus flower at the top, and straight molded back jambs. Plinth base with protruding front ends, gray-veined white marble top. One stamped (Minor accidents and wear.) Pair of consoles by Georges-Alphonse Jacob-Desmalter, one stamped, circa 1830/40 HEIGHT 92.50 - WIDTH 111 - PROF. 44.50 CM - H. 36.4 - W. 43,7 - D. 17,5 IN. François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter (he added Desmalter to his name in 1803 in memory of the family property in Chény called "Les Malterres"), son of Georges Jacob, followed in his father's footsteps alongside his brother Georges. They joined forces in 1796 and set up shop at 77, rue Meslée in Paris. Among the brothers' first commissions was the decoration and furnishing of Napoleon and his wife Joséphine's mansion on rue Chantereine. The surviving furniture illustrates the patriotic and symbolic tastes that were so characteristic of the Directoire period, heralding the Empire style. The firm's next major commission was for the Récamiers, important and influential French bankers. Around the same time, at the turn of the century, the firm was commissioned by Percier et Fontaine to decorate and furnish La Malmaison, Josephine's country residence, whose furniture in the "taste of Egypt" style survives to this day. The company then supplied furniture for Bonaparte's apartments in the Tuileries, and took part in the second and third public exhibitions of "Products of French Industry" held in the courtyard of the Louvre in 1801 and 1802. Jacob-Desmalter was awarded a gold medal at the 1802 exhibition.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Wed 03 Jul

ATTRIBUTED TO SORMANI (1817-1866), CONSOLE GAMBLING TABLE, LOUIS XVI STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Rectangular shape with central protrusion and corbelled spouts; in natural wood and plywood veneer. The top swivels and opens to form a games table. The top is decorated with a vase marquetry of flowers and winged sphinxes in foliage scrolls and pearl friezes. The top and belt are edged with a gilded bronze laurel garland. It opens with a drawer in the waistband. Tapered, fluted and asparagus-studded legs, also in gilt bronze. A console games table, attributed to Sormani, Louis XVI style, second half 19th century HEIGHT 75 - WIDTH 85 - DEPTH 46 CM - H. 29,5 - W. 33,5 - D. 18,1 IN. Paul Sormani (1817-1877) was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers of the second half of the 19th century. He began his business at 7, cimetière Saint-Nicolas, before moving to 114, rue du Temple in 1847. Sormani first exhibited his work at the Paris Exhibition of 1849, where he was awarded a bronze medal, then at the International Exhibition of 1855, where he was awarded a first-class medal. He travelled to London in 1862, where he won another award and a special mention for his small bronze fantasy furniture and decorative objects at the 1867 Paris Exhibition. By 1867, when he opened at 10 rue Charlot, he was at the height of his success. He gradually moved away from small-scale works (kits and fancy furniture) to create Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture, for which he was responsible. Although he received several medals at the various World's Fairs he took part in (1849, 1855, 1862), it was at the 1867 Exposition that his work was described in the following terms: "his entire production reveals a first-rate quality of execution".

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Tue 09 Jul

REGENCY PERIOD CONSOLE Carved and gilded wood, Flanders marble top, the belt decorated in the center with a sunflower inscribed in a cartouche flanked by dragons and foliate scrolls, the console legs joined by an X-shaped brace decorated in the front with a shell and surmounted by a sunflower. H.:83 cm (32 ¾ in.) l.:137 cm (54 in.) P.:72 cm (28 ¼ in.) A Regence giltwood console Made towards the end of the reign of Louis XIV or during the early years of the Regency, this console still retains reminiscences of the post-1700 Louis-Quatorzian style. The perfect symmetry of the central clasp and the scrolls below the belt, as well as the shape of the crosspieces, all recall the compositions of tables and consoles from the Louis XIV period. The quality of its execution and the richness of its ornamental vocabulary mean that it can be compared with the work of the decorative wood artists who worked for the Crown. Indeed, the sculptors Jules Degoullons (c.1671-1738), André Legoupil (1660/5-1733), Martin Bellan (†1714) and Pierre Taupin (c.1692-1739) founded, on January 21, 1699, the Société pour les Bâtiments du Roi (Society for the King's Buildings), whose primary aim was to work for the sovereign, princes and princesses of the blood, and the principal members of the royal family, but who over time also executed works for the nobility, great lords and financiers. Alas, as is usual with gilded wood furniture, unless there is a precise indication of provenance, such as that of the consoles for the Palais Royal for example, known from drawings contemporary with their manufacture, it is almost impossible to find them in the inventories of the Ancien Régime.

Estim. 25 000 - 40 000 EUR