Louis XV Style Console, Signed From Maison Gueret In Paris Circa 1860

Console in richly carved gilded wood, top in banded campan marble (5cm thick), work in the Louis XV style, signed by GUERET Frères Paris around 1860. Denis-Désiré (born in 1828) and Onésime Guéret (born in 1830 ) founded a sculpted furniture factory in 1852 or 1853 at 7 rue Buffault in Paris under the name "Guéret Frères". Ten years later, the store moved to 5 boulevard de la Madeleine, then to 216 rue Lafayette where it will remain until its final closure. From 1877, the company was taken over by the youngest brother and became "Guéret Jeune et Cie", its activity continued until the end of the century. The Guéret brothers took part in all the Exhibitions from 1855 and won numerous medals and always rave reviews, such as that reported in The Art Journal, concerning the Universal Exhibition of 1878: "M. Guéret, a cabinetmaker recognized in Paris, contributed to the exhibition with a large number of admirable works, drawn with artistic power and executed with refined delicacy and different types of wood - generally inlaid with satin wood - all possessing complete artistic merit”. The excellence of their work in the manufacture of sculpted furniture, frequently rewarded, enriches their order book. Wealthy bourgeois but also illustrious personalities such as the Duke of Aumale, Napoleon III or even Mr. Bryce, who were very keen on this sumptuous furniture, placed orders with them. The latter also commissioned them to produce all the furniture for his hotel on avenue Gabriel.