MID-18TH CENTURY, ROME OR TUSCANY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
Mid-18th Century, Rome or Tuscany
Each with a moulded shaped brocatello di Spagna marble top, above a pierced frieze centred by a foliate mask flanked by C-scrolls and flower garlands, the sides with shell-centred scrolls, on cabochon-headed scrolling supports, joined by a X-shaped stretcher surmounted by rockwork and swags of berried foliage, on paw-feet, regilt, losses to gilding, especially to feet, repairs to feet
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Although the striking use of carved masks vigorously combined with strapwork and garlands of foliage might suggest an attribution to Rome, the distinctive high-hipped profile of the legs, combined with lion's paw feet, may point to a Tuscan origin for these imposing consoles which support slabs of richly veined brocatello di Spagna. A pair of consoles in the Palazzo Pitti, attributed to Lucca, with the same profile to the legs in combination with paw feet is illustrated in E. Colle ed., I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti: Il primo periodo lorenese 1737-1799, Florence, 1992, p. 199, cat. 141, while a pair of armchairs in the Palazzo Pitti, also attributed to Lucca and with cabriole legs carved with paw feet and masks, is illustrated op. cit., p. 160, cat. 95.

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