A PAIR OF ITALIAN GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLES

NAPELS, CIRCA 1760

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLES
NAPELS, CIRCA 1760
Each with serpentine serpentina moschinata marble top, above a pierced floral garland frame on 'S'-scroll supports joined by a pierced shell
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide, 25 in. (64 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 March 1999, lot 307.

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Lot Essay

These richly carved consoles, with their lavish use of floral swags and rocaille carving on boldly inswept supports, relate to a console attributed to the Neapolitan intagliatore Gennaro di Fiore, in the Queen's Gabbinetto della Tualetta in the Palazzo Reale, Caserta, illustrated in Civit del '700 a Napoli, Naples, 1979, exh. cat. vol. II, pp. 201-2, cat. 443. A japanned side table with similar carving, especially the floral trails to the legs, in the Museum and National Gallery of Capodimonte, Naples, is illustrated ibid., p. 197, cat. 438.

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