PAINTED CONSOLE "CAESAR ET CLEOPATRE"

Louis XVI, with signature by JACOB (probably Henri Jacob, maître 1779), Paris ca. 1780/85.

Oak, pierced and fluted, and finely carved with depictions of Caesar and Cleopatra in relief, meander band, beading and decorative frieze, and painted gray. Gray/beige shaped marble top. Old inventory brand EN. Supplements around the circumference.

144x45x79 cm.

Provenance:- from a private collection, Switzerland.Ref.: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 436-440 (biogr. information). D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le mobilier français du XIXe siècle, Paris 1989; pp. 368-372 (biogr. information). B.G.B. Pallot, Le mobilier du Musée du Louvre, Dijon 1993; II, p. 196 (biogr. information).