Z badań nad meblami stanisławowskimi: konsola i stół konsolowy - stale elementy architektoniczne paradnego wnętrza
Furniture of the Stanisław August era: Consoles and Comsoles Tables as Permanent Architectual Elements of Ceremonial Interior

Summary/Abstract: The author of this text analyses yet another group of furniture pieces created in the artistic circle of King Stanisław August (reigned 1764–1795). Thrones and beds were presented previously, but this time the focus is on pieces permanently fixed to the wall in the form of tables or shelves with console-type support, which, in most cases, are permanent architectural fixtures of the interiors. The review of consoles from Stanisław August times is preceded by the short history of this type of furniture in European interiors, starting from France at the time of Louis XIV. It is not easy to trace the beginnings of the history of console tables in Polish interiors because the original artistic fixtures from the end of the 17th century have not survived and the descriptions in written sources are enigmatic – this type of furniture is simply described as a table. Another factor was the high interest of Polish participants of Grand Tours taking place in the 2nd half of the 18th century in tabletops made of multicolour marble, created with the use of mosaic or scagliola techniques.

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