Console table à la grecque

The console table belongs to the original design of the Marble Room from the time of its rebuilding by Jacob Fontana. Made from oak with ebony veneer, it is richly ornamented with gilded bronze appliqués and covered with a marble top. It is the first and at the same time a remarkable example of a classicist piece of furniture created in Poland in the style known as à la grecque. It has been placed in its former location, under the mirror situated opposite a representative Portrait of Stanisław August in coronation robes.
The Marble Room having been destroyed by the Russians after the November Uprising, the table was transported to the old Study of Stanisław August. During WW1, it was exported to Russia and came back to the Castle in 1922. In 1939, it was stored in the National Museum, in order to be reinstated to its former place in the Royal Castle in 1984.