Lot Essay
The mirrored console-table, designed to accompany a pier-glass, reflects the George IV 'antique style', as published in Cabinet-Maker's and Upholsterer's Guide of 1826, by George Smith, who had served as 'Upholder' to George IV as Prince of Wales. Its Roman acanthus foliage has been applied to the Grecian scrolled leg illustrated in Thomas Hope and adapted from Percier and Fontaine. The ebony-inlaid design on a satinwood ground and columnar supports recalls contemporary French designs.
The exaggerated proportions of the leg and boldly pawed foot relates to the designs of the Dublin firm of Del Vecchio, variously listed from 1797-1848 (see D. Fitz-Gerald, 'The Dublin Del Vecchios', The Magazine Antiques, October 1981, pp.910-914).
The exaggerated proportions of the leg and boldly pawed foot relates to the designs of the Dublin firm of Del Vecchio, variously listed from 1797-1848 (see D. Fitz-Gerald, 'The Dublin Del Vecchios', The Magazine Antiques, October 1981, pp.910-914).