A Régence carved giltwood centre table, circa 1720, after a drawing by Jean-Bernard Turreau, dit Toro
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June 24, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
decorated with foliage, scrolls, and cartouches, centered by a mascaron, the curved legs adorned with stylized dolphins, joined by a stretcher centered with a sunflower, with a rouge du Languedoc marble top; (regilt)
Haut. 84 cm, larg. 158 cm, prof. 80 cm ; Height 33 in, width 62 ¼ in, depth 31 ½ in
Château de Vincy, Suisse ;
Koller, Zurich, 22 March 2007, lot 1087 (sold 137 250 CHF)
Related literature :
A. Ponte, Il mobile del settecento – Francia, Novara, 1985, p. 13 and 16 for similar consoles
From its impressive size to its crisp, openwork carvings of foliage and scrolls, this so-called 'table à gibier' exhibits all the characteristics of the Régence period. The masks and fantastical animals that decorate it evoke the compositions of ornamentalists such as Jean-Bernard Turreau, known as Toro, Nicolas Pineau, and Pierre Le Pautre, as well as the work of sculptors from the Société des Bâtiments du Roi, including Degoullons, Matthieu Legoupil, and Jacques Verbeckt (see, for example, the console table attributed to the sculptor Degoullons and supplied in 1713 for the Château de Bercy, B. Pallot, Le Mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1993, vol. II, pp. 36–39, ill.). A similar, slightly smaller table was offered at Sotheby's London, 19 November 2025, lot 172.
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