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Edme Chollot (1695)
Pair of console tables , France, Transitional Epoch, circa 1770
84 x 53 x 98 cm
Made of carved, sculpted and gilded wood. Upper shelf of red Pyrenean marble. Stamped “E. Chollot.”
Provenance:
Decorated with ribbon motif, frieze in fretwork on the band, garlands and laurel wreaths. Two volute feet held together by a crosspiece bearing a flower vase. The model is rich and carefully executed.
Edme Chollot: Parisian cabinetmaker, Maître in 1723. Specialized in the production of carved wooden consoles during the Transitional period.
Provenance:
Piero Betti Gallery, Via del Babuino, Rome (1992);
Purchased there from the current owners.
Reference bibliography:
P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier francais XVIIIe siecle , Paris, 2002;
Tours Museum, Transitional console in carved and gilded wood, crosspiece decorated with a vase and garlands.
Reference bibliography:
P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier francais XVIIIe siecle , Paris, 2002;
Tours Museum, Transitional console in carved and gilded wood, crosspiece decorated with a vase and garlands.