Lot 126
126
A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, ONE DISTRESSED AND INCOMPLETE, the serpentine top with inset black baize panel and moulded edge, above a fluted frieze and pierced apron with boldly leaf-carved scrolls centred by a mask, the legs formed as winged harpies mounted on a scroll and further architectural scrolls mounted with leaves, the legs and possibly some elements of the frieze 18th Century and incorporated into the present tables in the 19th Century 63½in. (161.5cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 20½in. (51.5cm.) deep (2)

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, ONE DISTRESSED AND INCOMPLETE, the serpentine top with inset black baize panel and moulded edge, above a fluted frieze and pierced apron with boldly leaf-carved scrolls centred by a mask, the legs formed as winged harpies mounted on a scroll and further architectural scrolls mounted with leaves, the legs and possibly some elements of the frieze 18th Century and incorporated into the present tables in the 19th Century 63½in. (161.5cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 20½in. (51.5cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

A drawing by Domenico Forla (1627-1703) for the prow of a ship incorporates a winged naked goddess emerging from an acanthus scroll which is itself supported on a scrolled fish. The drawing is in the collection at the Palazzo Rosso in Genoa. A number of console tables are recorded with similar figures, including one in the Royal Palace in Genoa (see: A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Il Granducato di Toscana e gli Stati Settentrionali, Milan, 1986, pp. 388-9, figs. 822-826). The figures on these console tables are sitting astride their scrolls, rather than emerging from them, as in other executed examples.

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