console table, unknown maker from France

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console table
console table
console table
1700s
console table , 1700s
Where object was made: France
Material/technique: wood; gilding; marble
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 81.6 x 100.3 x 45.7 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 32 1/8 x 39 1/2 x 18 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1955.0071
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Empire of Things," 2013, Kate Meyer European fascination with objects from China eventually inspired Europeans to manufacture of objects in an imagined Chinese manner. These flirtations with Chinese design coincided with a French ornamental idiom derived from the shell-like forms in the grottos at Versailles (rocaille, in French). When these two tributaries merged, the imagined Chinese manner and the rocaille-like forms that gave "rococo" its name, the resulting hybrid style was dubbed Chinoiserie in French (we might say "Chinese-esque"). Archive Label 1999: This richly decorated table was designed during the reign of Louis XV and is similar to those that lined the long galleries of the royal palace at Versailles. Typically, a console was placed between two windows or under a large wall mirror.