A Louis Philippe parcel gilt wrought steel console table in the Rococo revival style. Each element is carefully fashioned and the multiple scrolls are embellished and enriched with gilt foliate elements at the corners and in the centre of the frieze and stretcher.
The table has a Belgian fossil marble top.

France circa 1840.

height 33 inches, width 46 inches, depth 23 inches.

F880

I have always had a weakness for polished steel. It has the lustre of silver combined with the smell of the forge and the power of the iron works. Here we see delicacy and robustness combined.