Lot 286
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF ROMAN GRAINED AND PARCEL-GILT LOW CONSOLE TABLES, the top with moulded edge and on four boldly scrolled and pierced leaf-carved supports joined by tasselled lambrequins and with foliate and drapery hung stretcher, the scroll-feet carved with grotesque masks, redecorated

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GRAINED AND PARCEL-GILT LOW CONSOLE TABLES, the top with moulded edge and on four boldly scrolled and pierced leaf-carved supports joined by tasselled lambrequins and with foliate and drapery hung stretcher, the scroll-feet carved with grotesque masks, redecorated
26in. (66cm.) wide; 21in.(53cm.)high; 12½in. (32cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

With their tasselled-lambrequin drapery and bold acanthus-scrolled feet terminating in richly-plumed satyr-masks, these stands relate to Roman pier-tables of the early 18th Century (see A. Gonzalez-Palacios, 'Settecento Furniture at La Pietra', Apollo, September 1971,
fig. 7) A related torchére is illustrated in G. Lozzani, Il mobile Romano, Milan 1970, p. 41, fig. 80.

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