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Console Table

A work made of wood, oak, gesso, and gilding.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of wood, oak, gesso, and gilding.

Date:

c. 1735

Artist:

Attributed to François Roumier
French, 1701-1748
Paris, France

About this artwork

The symmetric design of this table, which was meant to be attached to a wall, places it in the early phase of the Rococo style known as Régence, or French Regency. Named for Philippe II, duc d’Orléans, who served as regent to Louis XV for eight years, the style marked a transition from courtly Baroque formality and grandeur to a more sophisticated, frivolous, and intimate sensibility. By the time Louis XV took power, however, the style had evolved into the full-blown asymmetry of the Rococo.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

François Roumier

Title

Console Table

Place

France (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1730–1740

Medium

Wood, oak, gesso, and gilding

Dimensions

90.2 × 157.5 × 72.4 cm (35 1/2 × 62 × 28 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Philip K. Wrigley through The Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1966.396

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