A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE
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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE

CIRCA 1740-50, IN THE MANNER OF FRANCIS BRODIE

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND EBONISED EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE
CIRCA 1740-50, IN THE MANNER OF FRANCIS BRODIE
The original Spanish Broccatelle marble rectangular top above a sanded frieze, supported by a spread eagle on rockwork base, the underside of the top inscribed 'Rowan', re-gilt and redecorated
33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high; 34 ¾ in. (88.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
來源
Property from the Estate of John V. Rowan Junior; sold Sotheby's, New York, 7 April 2004, lot 133.
Acquired from Edward Hurst, April 2011.
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Benedict Winter
Benedict Winter Director, Specialist

拍品專文


This 'Jupiter' eagle console table, appropriate for a 'Roman' banqueting hall, recalls Ovid's Metamorphoses of the history of the shepherd Ganymede who was borne aloft by an eagle to serve as Jupiter's attendant at the banquet of the Gods. The pattern may have been invented by Lord Burlington's protégé, the artist architect William Kent (d. 1748), who provided Roman eagles in his illustrations for Alexander Pope's 1725 translation of Homer's Odyssey.

The Edinburgh cabinet-maker Francis Brodie featured a related eagle table on his tradesheet, published in 1739 (F. Bamford, Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture-Makers, Leeds, 1983, pl. 24a). Eagle consoles with a secure 18th century provenance are rare, but a notable example is a pair, originally at Glemham Hall, Suffolk and probably supplied to Dudley North about 1725, following his remodelling of his recently purchased house. These were sold anonymously Christie’s, New York, 13 April, 2016, lot 30 ($245,000 including premium). Another related single eagle console table was sold by the late Sir John Gooch, 12th Bt., Benacre Hall, Suffolk, Sotheby's house sale, 9-11 May 2000, lot 163 (£10,800 with premium).

John V. Rowan (d. 2002) was the co-owner of an interior design firm in New York. He was a Patron of the Metropolitan Opera and a noted philanthropist - his collection of Irish silver now comprises the John B. Rowan Silver Collection at the San Antonio Musuem of Art.

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