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Source Description
Adam Weisweiler was one of a number of German furniture-makers who moved to France during the reign of Louis XVI. He was celebrated for his delicate furniture, which was acquired by Queen Marie Antoinette, various members of the Bonaparte family, and by the Prince of Wales. This console, or side table, bears a circular medallion showing a "Sacrifice to Peace" manufactured in England by Josiah Wedgwood and exported to France.
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Document identity
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1552
label
Console
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object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
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1552
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object
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normalized
title
Console
description
Adam Weisweiler was one of a number of German furniture-makers who moved to France during the reign of Louis XVI. He was celebrated for his delicate furniture, which was acquired by Queen Marie Antoinette, various members of the Bonaparte family, and by the Prince of Wales. This console, or side table, bears a circular medallion showing a "Sacrifice to Peace" manufactured in England by Josiah Wedgwood and exported to France.
provenance
Baron Alfred de Rothschild; Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Wood
console tables
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5
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5
source
import
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units
cm
width
88.5
height
122
depth
30.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 34 13/16 × W: 48 1/16 × D: 11 15/16 in. (88.5 × 122 × 30.4 cm)
Source extras
med
rosewood, marble, ormolu, painted tin, ceramic
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6509
4325
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EAN
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none
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