Lot 156
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AN IRISH GEORGE IV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE in the manner of del Vecchio, the later serpentine white marble top with moulded edge above egg-and-dart frieze, the apron carved with a shell, with a pair of stylised bird heads amongst foliage, on four lion monopodiae with scrolled necks, above acanthus-carved scrolled knees with hairy paw feet, joined by an X-shaped stretcher

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AN IRISH GEORGE IV GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE in the manner of del Vecchio, the later serpentine white marble top with moulded edge above egg-and-dart frieze, the apron carved with a shell, with a pair of stylised bird heads amongst foliage, on four lion monopodiae with scrolled necks, above acanthus-carved scrolled knees with hairy paw feet, joined by an X-shaped stretcher
60½in. (153.7cm) wide; 37in. (94cm.) high; 28in. (71cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The angled zoomorphic supports linked by a foliate apron relate to the work of the early 19th Century Dublin firm of del Vecchio (see: D.Fitzgerald, 'The Dublin del Vecchios', The Magazine Antiques, October 1981, pp. 910-914)

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