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Stitt Gallery · SG-FR-021 · France 🇫🇷
The Piece
An elegant antique French demi-lune console table in the neoclassical taste — the classic half-moon hall console — its variegated marble top resting on a carved giltwood base hung with floral swags. Designed to stand against a wall or beneath a mirror in a hall, landing or drawing room.
The demi-lune was born with the neoclassical turn of the 1770s, when the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum swept the rocaille aside and brought straight lines, fluting and garlands back into fashion. Consoles of this form were made to stand flat against a wall — often as pier tables beneath a mirror — lending an entrance hall or drawing room its note of ceremony. The giltwood frame of this antique console is crisply carved in that Louis XVI manner, and it pairs as naturally today with an antique mirror or wall sconces as it did then.
The piece is unstamped and is catalogued by style — French, Louis XVI taste, late 19th century, circa 1880–1900. Gilding and marble are well preserved with an honest, age-appropriate patina throughout.
Specifications
| Style | Antique French, Neoclassical — Demi-Lune Console Table |
| Period | c.1880–1900, France Louis XVI style |
| Height | 81.5 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Depth | 26.5 cm Semi-circle (demi-lune) top |
| Top | Variegated marble, semi-circle (demi-lune) Moulded edge |
| Base | Carved giltwood Neoclassical ornament |
| Structure | Giltwood frame, marble top Half-moon (demi-lune) form |
| Marks | None Attribution by style |
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Construction & Detail
The half-moon plan — demi-lune — was the neoclassical answer to the formal hall: a console that sits flat to the wall while presenting a generous curved front. The variegated marble top, with its moulded edge, is well preserved — no cracks, no repairs, no losses — and lifts off as it was made to, for safe transport.
Gilding is laid over gesso — a chalk ground that lets the carver's detail read crisply under gold. The frieze runs a rosette-and-entrelac course above swags of carved flowers, the ornament of the Louis XVI repertoire. The gilding keeps a warm, unrestored patina; minor honest wear to high points only, no regilding and no losses to the carving.
Four fluted, tapering legs — fluting being the era's quotation from the classical column — are joined by a curved stretcher centred with a turned urn finial. Stable and level, joints sound; honest age-appropriate wear throughout, photography shows current condition. H 81.5 × W 56 × D 26.5 cm.
Market Position
Specialist Retail
€2,700–3,800
≈ 11,580–16,300 PLNEuropean dealer level (Pamono €3,110 · Antikeo €2,700 · 1stDibs €5,230)
Fair Market
€1,200–1,800
≈ 5,150–7,720 PLNVerified comparable sales (Artcurial €1,837 hammer, period example)
Insurance Value
€4,500
≈ 19,300 PLNReplacement cost
Auction floor if consigned: €400–800 — later Louis XVI-style consoles typically hammer there; a period example made €1,837 at Artcurial. Piece is unstamped — attribution by style, Louis XVI taste, c.1880–1900. Shipping & handling quoted separately by destination.
This piece forms part of our collection of European and Asian antiques available at Stitt Gallery, Poznań.
€629
International price. Shipping & handling not included — quoted separately by destination.
This piece is available for private sale. We welcome enquiries from collectors, interior specialists and institutions. Viewing by appointment in Poznań. Shipping & handling arranged worldwide, quoted separately per destination.
Gallery reference: SG-FR-021 · stittgallery.com
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