MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ITALIAN

In its sense of movement and overall form, with foliate-wrapped S-scroll legs, pierced symmetrical apron and pieds en rouleau, this table displays the influence of the architect Pierre-Contant d'Ivry. D'Ivry is perhaps most celebrated for his designs for the Palais Bernstorff in Copenhagen, which were executed by the menuisier Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot circa 1755, and this commission included related, although bolder consoles grafted with the first stirrings of New-Classicism (illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe, paris, 1987, pp.164-169). Related consoles in this taste include that formerly in the Patino Collection (op. cit., p.155) and the pair sold anonymously at Christie's Monaco, 20 June 1994, lot 214.