A GEORGE II GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, with shaped rectangular Sicilian Jasper top above a pierced frieze cast with trailing rushes and rockwork-enriched C-scrolls and centred by a reeded scallop-shell above an acanthus-clasp, the sides similarly carved, on S-scroll cabriole legs with cabochon-and-rockwork C-scrolls and acanthus foliage and scroll feet, with pencil inscription Arthur P.PP..., restorations, regilt, with small chip to the back of the top

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, with shaped rectangular Sicilian Jasper top above a pierced frieze cast with trailing rushes and rockwork-enriched C-scrolls and centred by a reeded scallop-shell above an acanthus-clasp, the sides similarly carved, on S-scroll cabriole legs with cabochon-and-rockwork C-scrolls and acanthus foliage and scroll feet, with pencil inscription Arthur P.PP..., restorations, regilt, with small chip to the back of the top
58in. (147.5cm.) wide; 35¾in. (91cm.) high; 26¼in. (66.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The upright form and widely-spaced legs relate to designs of the early 1740's, being a development of the more architectural styles of the late 1730's. The overall shape is inspired by a design in Matthias Lock's, Six Tables. 1766, pl.5.

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