Offered by Franck Baptiste Provence
Rare wig console in solid walnut with two drawers in the front.
It is strongly curved on the front and sides.
The drawers and central divider are decorated with moldings in an elegiac style.
The main rail is pierced with a large shell framed by acanthus leaves and small flowers.
The sides are recessed with stylized acanthus leaves.
The uprights, decorated with acanthus leaves and cascading lily-of-the-valley blossoms, rest on four cabriole legs ending in deer hooves.
The drawer interiors are solid oak.
Foliage-shaped drawer pulls.
Original pinkish-gray Flemish marble top.
Excellent condition.
Provençal work from the Louis XV period, circa 1750-1770.
Dimensions:
Width: 111 cm; Depth: 63 cm; Height: 83 cm
Our opinion:
Console tables with a side drawer were quite common in Provence, particularly those from the Fourques workshops, but chests of drawers with a single row of drawers designed to hold wig boxes remain extremely rare.
It is quite possible that this type of furniture was intended solely for a clientele from the magistracy.
With its large openwork shell and elegiac decoration, the model we are presenting is, to our knowledge, one of the finest examples.
