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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLES

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLES
Late 18th Century
Each later shaped white marble top above a fluted frieze centering an oval medallion with a classical relief portrait within a frame suspending husk garlands, on tapering fluted legs carved with acanthus and drapery, with foliate-carved feet
37in. (94cm.) high, 43in. (111cm.) wide, 20in. (51in.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

A related pair of consoles from the Lucca region, of similar waisted rectangular outline and with central mask to the frieze on slender fluted legs, in the Palazzo Pitti, is illustrated in E. Colle, I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti: Il Primo Periodo Lorenese, Florence, 1992, p. 118, cat. 47.