A PORTUGESE COLONIAL ROCOCO PADOUK SIDE TABLE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE TOP POSSIBLY RESHAPED

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A PORTUGESE COLONIAL ROCOCO PADOUK SIDE TABLE
Second Half 18th Century, the top possibly reshaped
The shaped serpentine top above a single C-scroll and acanthus carved frieze drawer, on C-scroll and acanthus carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, bearing paper labels inscribed 1448/..ee
34¼in. (79.5cm.) high, 39¾in. (107cm.) wide, 20¼in. (54cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The interesting form and use of padouk in this table combined with the unusually shaped cabriole leg and use of claw and ball foot suggest that it originates from one of the Portuguese colonies. The rocaille carving to the drawer of this side table and the foot as previously mentioned relate it to a Brazilian chair illustrated in T. Caldi, Il Móvel no Brasil, Rio de Janiero, 1985, p. 273, pl. 242.

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