L'Ant• uaire et The Connoisseur Inc. CON 18-36 A painted wood with marble top console table (konsoltisch) with dragons and chinoiserie figure Possibly Westphalia, Germany, circa 1755-1765 Size: 25 V2" high x 42" wide x 23 14/ " deep (65 x 107 x 60 cm.) Comparative literature: H. Kreisel and G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des deutschen Altibels:Spiitbarock and Rokoko, vol. II, 1983, fig. 914. Price: $58,000.00 EFTA00589217 The stretcher with a carved chinoiserie figure wielding a dagger in his left hand and a dagger pouch on his hip, within a carved C scroll with floral carving. The legs with pierced shell and floral carving terminating in upturned C scrolled feet. The frieze is decorated with a winged dragon with an open mouth sitting below a griffin perched atop a ledge; with floral sprays and C scrolls all-around. The published designs of Johann Cuvillies and Hoppenhaupt (1707-1769) with their console tables include Chinamen perched on them (which were removed during the French Rococo). Hoppenhaupt's designs exerted influence also on Habermanil in Augsburg. Cawed detail on the stretcher EFTA00589218