Lot Essay
Two similar Roman console tables were exhibited Fasto Romano, Rome, Palazzo Sacchetti, 15 May - 30 July 1991, Exhibition Catalogue, figs. 117 and 119.
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, each with waved moulded serpentine top veneered in alabrastro fiorito, the moulded rim in black and white marble, the pierced scrolled frieze carved with rockwork and acanthus-flowerheads, on cabriole legs carved with rockwork and acanthus-flowerheads, joined by an X-shaped stretcher with conforming decoration, on acanthus-scrolled feet, mid-18th Century
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, each with waved moulded serpentine top veneered in alabrastro fiorito, the moulded rim in black and white marble, the pierced scrolled frieze carved with rockwork and acanthus-flowerheads, on cabriole legs carved with rockwork and acanthus-flowerheads, joined by an X-shaped stretcher with conforming decoration, on acanthus-scrolled feet, mid-18th Century
42in. (107cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 20½in. (50cm.) deep (2)
42in. (107cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 20½in. (50cm.) deep (2)