Extravagant Regency Rosewood Console

This is an extravagant early 19th Century Regency antique rosewood console. Standing on a plinth base, with carved "egg and dart" molding and above are bold carved scroll supports with original gilding and a mirrored back which is also original. The console is finished with a highly decorative Sarrancolin Ilhet marble top. N.B:- Sarrancolin Ilhet marble is extracted in the village of Sarrancolin, in the Hautes-Pyrénées department. The quarries were exploited extensively under the reign of Louis XIV, and from 1692 they were considered “royal quarries”.