DRESDEN, CIRCA 1710-1720, ALTERED IN SIZE

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A ROYAL SAXON GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
DRESDEN, CIRCA 1710-1720, ALTERED IN SIZE
The later black-painted wooden top above a swagged and foliate decorated frieze centred by a pierced apron, on four square tapering legs joined by a scrolling stretcher, almost certainly enlarged in the 19th century and subsequently re-gilt
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 50 ½ in. (128 cm.) wide; 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) deep, without top

Provenance

Supplied to Frederick Augustus (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and, as Augustus II (from 1679), King of Poland, probably for Residenzschloss Dresden (inv. no. 39604).
Thence by descent with the Saxon Royal family.

Literature

Similar examples are illustrated in G. Haase, Dresdener Moebel des 18. Jahrhunderts, Leipzig 1983, p. cat. nos. 153-155.

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Lot Essay

As described by Gisela Haase in Dresdener Moebel des 18. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig 1983, p. 50) the present console is part of a larger group decorated in the French style, influenced by the celebrated ornament designer Jean Bérain (1613-1711). The main example of this group is the almost two-metre long console table at the Residenzschloss Dresden (inv. no. 37326). The smaller examples are of similar design, but all vary in their decoration scheme.

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