A rare amaranth sideboard of rounded form, with a grey-veined white marble top resting on four pilaster jambs with simulated fluting joined by three crotch shelves topped by a central drawer in the front and two pivoting side drawers in the corners. Ornamentation of chased and gilded bronzes such as a frieze of interlacing on the belt, fluted, filleted and flowered falls on the pilaster jambs, and an openwork gallery underlining each shelf. Stamped by Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763), master in 1761. Louis XV period, circa 1770 Height 92 cm - Width: 96 cm - Depth: 48 cm (restorations) A console table very similar to ours, stamped by Jean-François Oeben, was part of Mademoiselle Rémy's collection. Another console of a similar model but in satin veneer was presented for sale at Sotheby's on 9 November 2010, lot 181. An article published in Antiquité et Antiquaires on 03 November 2010 mentions the existence of a pair of consoles almost identical to ours, one of which is stamped by Jean-François Oeben. After Jean-François Oeben's death in 1763, his widow, Françoise-Marguerite Vandercruse, continued the cabinetmaking business with Jean-Henri Riesener, one of the Master's main collaborators. In 1767, he married the widow Oeben, obtained his master's degree in January 1768 and was then able to affix his hallmark to pieces that he had been making for five years under the "Oeben" label. Thus, furniture made by Riesener between 1763 and 1767 bears the "Oeben" stamp and some others begun by Jean-François Oeben before 1763 were completed by Riesener, who either affixed the Oeben mark before 1767 or his own stamp after 1768.