A pair of Empire gilt-bronze mounted mahogan pedestals, circa 1810
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
comprising a cylindrical column with a white marble top, resting on a square base, decorated with cornucopiae, garlands of laurel leaves and Medusa masks
(2)
Height. 105 cm, diam. 47 cm ; Height 41.34 in., width 18.50 in.
Related literature
C. H. de Quénetain, Les styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2005, p. 143, p. 244
J.-P. Samoyault, Mobilier Français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, p. 24, p. 63
J.-P. Garric, Charles Percier (1764-1838), Architecture et design, Paris, 2016, exh. cat, Fontainebleau Castle, march 18, – June 19, 2017
Y. Carlier, Le style empire, Paris, 2024
During the Empire period, interiors were enriched by a new type of furniture: pedestals (or gaines), designed to support candelabra or vases. A preparatory drawing by Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for a pedestal intended for the furnishing of the Palace of Saint-Cloud in 1802 (inv. no. 63.535.20).
This gilt-bronze garland decoration on our pedestal is also found on a bedside table illustrated in Pierre de La Mésangère’s collection, Au bureau du Journal des dames, Volume 3, 1804, plate 104.