Fine Charles X (Restauration) mahogany console table, the original marble top (Blue Turquin) over the single long drawer; the two reeded uprights with volutes and leaf carved knees ending in paw feet, all on a plinth base.
Signed L. BELLANGÉ
France c. 1820
50" long x 19" deep x 38" high
SOLD
Louis-Francois Bellange (1759-1827) was a Parisien cabinet maker who delivered furniture to Napoleon in 1811. For a closely related example see Denise Ledoux-Lebard, "Le Mobilier Français du XIX Siecle" (Paris: Les editions de l'ameteur, 1989), page 64. While the wood and feet are different, the volutes and leaf carving on the front supports are nearly identical. Note also the similarities to the rear supports: the overall proportions, the plinth blocks at the bases and the applied molding at the tops are all hallmarks of this important shop.