18TH 19TH CENTURY

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AN AUSTRIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED FOLDING TABLE
18th 19th Century
The polygonal top centred by a scantily-draped cherub holding a shell within a floral wreath, the reverse with extensive foliate and floral scrolls with putti centred by a medallion depicting a queen pointing towards a kneeling maiden and flanked by two further figures, the carved baluster supports with maiden's heads, above a tripod stand conformingly decorated and terminating in reeded baluster supports
35½ in. (90 cm.) diam.; 27 in. (69 cm.) high

Lot Essay

French versions of this practical type of hinged top and pivot-legged table are discussed in N. de Reynies, Le Mobilier domestique, Paris 1987, vol. II, p. 300. This polygonal table-top, painted in the picturesque manner and celebrating love's triumph, depicts Cupid with Venus's shell-badge in a landscaped vignette wreathed with flowers.

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