Lot 252
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLES
Early 19th Century
Each later rectangular red marble top above an egg-and-dart edge, the frieze centering a flowerhead issuing foliate clasps, on lion monopodia legs with paw feet on an incurving base, with a label printed OTTO & ROSONI/Spedizioni/Internazionali/Roma-Piazza Di Spagna 33/N77
39in. (99cm.) high, 57in. (145.5cm.) wide, 28in. (72cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Madame Marie de Pfyffer d'Altishofen
Colonel Henri de Pfyffer d'Altisofen, Commander of the Swiss Guard at the Vatican

Lot Essay

These striking consoles formed part of the collection of Colonel Henri de Pfyffer d'Altishofen in his apartments in the Vatican, inherited from his mother Marie.They were later moved to the family chteau de Heidegy in the Canton of Lucerne. Their imposing design, with lion monopodia supports l'antique, relate to contemporary Parisian tables executed by Jacob-Desmalter. A group of Roman side tables with similar supports in the Palazzo Quirinale is illustrated in A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Patrimonio Artistico del Quirinale: I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, pp. 204-210. Another related side table in the Scala Theatre, Milan, is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Neoclassico Italiano, Milan, 1955, fig. CCXCIII.