A German parcel-gilt and grey-painted side table

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A German parcel-gilt and grey-painted side table
Early 18th Century
The later grey-veined white marble top above a concave border carved with acanthus, lambrequins and strapwork on a pounced ground, above scrolling S-shaped supports carved with acanthus, the pierced strectcher carved with acanthus, the X-shaped stretcher surmounted by a domed berried acanthus roundel, on scrolling feet, redecorated
86cm. high x 105cm. wide x 62cm. deep

Lot Essay

The carved decoration of this impressive table, particularly that on the legs and lower stretcher, relates to that on a related table, previously in the collection of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg at Schloss Weikersheim, which was probably executed in the workshop of Philipp Jacob and Georg Christoph Sommer circa 1720. However, the carved concave frieze decorated with strapwork and lambrequins, is very similar to the border, which is depicted on an Viennese drawing of a console table, which was executed at approximately the same time. (H. Kreisel Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Mbels, Munich, 1970, Vol. II, figs. 242 and 385.

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