Lot 73
73
A REGENCY OAK AND SPECIMEN MARBLE CONSOLE TABLE with moulded rectangular slab inset with geometric squares of malachite, onyx, lapis, fluor-spar and other specimen marbles, upon a moulded frieze and channelled scrolling X-shaped end-supports centred by a lotus-leaf and anthemion spray, on concave-fronted moulded rectangular plinth, the plinth possibly later, the back strut to underframe replaced

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A REGENCY OAK AND SPECIMEN MARBLE CONSOLE TABLE with moulded rectangular slab inset with geometric squares of malachite, onyx, lapis, fluor-spar and other specimen marbles, upon a moulded frieze and channelled scrolling X-shaped end-supports centred by a lotus-leaf and anthemion spray, on concave-fronted moulded rectangular plinth, the plinth possibly later, the back strut to underframe replaced
48¼in.(122.5cm.)wide; 34¾in.(88cm.)high; 24½in.(62.5cm.)deep

Lot Essay

This type of marble-slabbed frame, with plinth-supported end-scrolls, derives from the Roman prototypes such as the 'antique seat of parian marble' illustrated by Charles Heathcote Tatham in his Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799, pl. 76. A related frame with palmette-tied and flower-enriched scroll brackets and variegated marble mosaic slab was sold in these Rooms, 16th November 1989, lot 118.

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