See also:

• CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

CONSOLE (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, supposed to be an See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of consolide, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)  , the architectural See also:

• TERM

term given to a See also:

• CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

corbel (q.v.) placed on end, i.e. in which the height is greater than the See also:

• PROJECTION

projection . The See also:

• CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

console brackets which carry the See also:

• CORNICE (Fr. corniche, Ital. cornice)

cornice of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

doorway, and are described by See also:

• VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius as ancones (see See also:

• ANCON
• ANCON (from the Gr. ayi ww)

ANCON), are among the best examples . The word is, however, more See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar in its connexion with See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture . The console-table was originally so called because the slab was supported upon a See also:

• SCROLL

scroll-shaped See also:

• BRACKET

bracket, or upon legs which in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and See also:

• CONTOUR

contour answered roughly to the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a bracket . A console-table has a front and two sides; the back, which remains unornamented, always stands against the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall . Since this piece of furniture was first introduced in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it has undergone many mutations of form . It has been See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and oblong, See also:

• OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval and bombe; but, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save during the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, it has rarely been severe . The console-table --the slab of which is often of See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble—lends itself with See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar adaptability to See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament, and, especially during the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 18th century which was its most distinguished and, artistically, its most satisfactory period, it was often of extreme See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and elegance . See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France was always its natural See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, and the Mobilier See also:

• NATIONAL

National and the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French palaces still contain many extremely ornate examples, in which fruits and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, wreaths and scrolls, gildings and inlayings produce gorgeous yet homogeneous effects . Until the reign of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI. console-tables were almost invariably gilded, but they then began to be painted usually in gris-perle, and by degrees they came to be manufactured in See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and See also:

• MAHOGANY

mahogany . Although much used in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the console has never been thoroughly acclimatized there; that it has always retained a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign flavour is indicated by the fact that, unlike most other pieces of furniture, it has failed to commend itself to any but the richer classes .