Console table 1735-40 French Supported on one or two legs, console tables need to be attached to the wall for stability and are considered to be part of the interior decoration of a room. They were made by a special group of joiners, menuisiers en btiments (litt. building carpenters) responsible for the fixed elements in the interior such as paneling, pier glasses and console tables. Unlike other members of the guild, these craftsmen were not required to stamp their output and for that reason it is rarely known who created such works. The serpentine outline of the tables apron incorporates an openwork cartouche with a heart-shaped boss in the center surrounded by an asymmetrical rocaille frame and flanked by scrolling acanthus leaves and floral garlands. The doubly curved legs are decorated with floral trails and connected at the feet by an upward curving stretcher embellished in the center with an openwork asymmetrical cartouche of rocaille forms, scrolling acanthus leaves and flora