A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLES

NAPLES, CIRCA 1780

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLES
Naples, Circa 1780
Each with a demilune white marble top above tripartite frieze carved with intertwining rose branches, with central satyr's mask, on square-tapering legs carved with husks, one console inscribed cassone s.1 II the other IV, redecorated
36in. (96.5cm.) high, 42in. (107cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5in.) deep (2)

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLES
Naples, circa 1780

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The distinctive carving of these impressive consoles, with grotesque masks flanking a central panel carved with a swan issuing foliate tendrils, is typical of the output of Neapolitan workshops of the 1780's.Other related consoles are illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Neoclassico Italiano, Milan, 1955, figs. CXXV-CCXXXI.

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