A FRENCH WALNUT CENTER TABLE

THE TRESTLE ENDS LATE 16TH CENTURY AND REUSED

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A FRENCH WALNUT CENTER TABLE
THE TRESTLE ENDS LATE 16TH CENTURY AND REUSED
With a rectangular top above a stepped frieze carved with entrelac above trestle supports carved with winged and lion-headed monopodia issuing from scrolling acanthus and terminating in paw feet and flanking strapwork cartouche carved with a grotesque mask and joined by arcaded stretchers with baluster-turned and gadrooned pillars
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 55 in. (140 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table's boldly sculptural carved ends with their addorsed winged griffins flanking a mask and united by a balustrade is part of a group of mid-sixteenth century French furniture inspired by Italian designs. Closely related tables are illustrated in J. Boccador, Le Mobilier Francais du Moyen Age a la Renaissance, pp.265-70.

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