FINE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH CARVED GILT WOOD CONSOLE TABLE BASE BY FELIX-ALFRED TERNISIENThis fine console table stands on two giltwood legs, with hoof feet. These legs have been intricately decorated with carved foliage and fluting and topped with floral swags. The foliate tops support a giltwood frieze, which has been exquisitely carved with multiple floral swags which hang down from the frieze.Ternisien stamped twice upon the frame.Felix-Alfred Ternisien was born in Paris on June 28, 1817 and was most probably the son of the cabinet maker Jean-Joseph Ternisien. In 1860 his firm was recorded at 42, rue Fontaine-au-Roi and then from 1870 onward at 234, rue Saint-Honoré. Cabinet maker but also decorator, he was commisioned by the emperor Napoleon III to provide the furnishing of the imperial train in 1856 following drawings by Viollet le Duc. In 1874, the comte de Paris commisioned the restoration of the château d''Eu to Viollet le Duc and the renowned architect subsequently ...