A PAIR OF ITALIAN EARLY NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES

CIRCA 1770

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN EARLY NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
Circa 1770
The rectangular canted red Campan marble tops with molded edge, above an egg-and-dart quarter-circle molding, pierced flowering scrolled acanthus frieze set at each angle with a lion mask and twisted ribbon torus molding, on acanthus-sheathed scrolled cabriole legs with piasters to the front and paw feet, joined by a scrolled acanthus stretcher centered by a leaf-sheathed cup surmounted by a vasiform finial with pine cone top, spiral-fluted neck, molded scrolled handles, leaf-sheathed belly and beaded knop, flanked by oak swags, largely regilt, the side of one section of the frieze replaced
32½in. (82.5cm) high, 42½in. (108cm) wide, 20½in. (52cm) deep (2)

Sale room notice

The date line of this pair of tables should read 1770 and not 1800 as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

The design of this pair of console tables takes influence from the Gout-Grec styles initially produced in L'Oevres de Delafosse. Typical are the lion masks to the angles on the top, the acanthus scrolling to the frieze and the urn to the center of the stretcher with the spirally fluted neck and being flanked by the oak leaf swags.

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