Painted wood cartel and console table with gilded trellis de - Lot 94

Painted wood cartel and console table with gilded trellis decoration on a green background. It features extensive chased and gilded bronze fittings decorated with rocaille and acanthus foliage. The bronze dial features twenty-four white and blue enamel pastilles indicating the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals. Dial and mechanism signed: J N MARTINOT, "Her DU ROY". Jean MARTINOT ( 1754- 1780) Paris. Louis XV period. Dimensions: 118 x 43 x 21 cm Restoration Jean MARTINOT, designer of the movement for the Cabinet du Conseil clock at the Château de Versailles, in 1754. Encyclopedia of THE FRENCH CLOCK from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Pierre KJELLBERG. Les éditions de l'amateur, page 120 Expert : Stéphane Pépe Restorations