A NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION SIDE TABLE, the simulated black marble rectangular top above a sanded frieze with central stiff-leaf patera flanked by stiff-leaf sprays between egg-and-dart borders, the gadrooned stiff-leaf apron with central foliate swag flanked by further sanded panels with stiff-leaf sprays and supported upon female-mask-headed entwined dolphins resting upon a double bow-fronted rectangular plinth, the backboard with central rectangular mirrored plate within a laurel frame, flanked by two stiff-leaf panels with central Gothic ogee-arched niche, upon a scrolled acanthus-cast base, the plinth cast with trailing foliage and stiff-leaves and previously with further feet, refreshments to gilding, second quarter 19th Century, possibly German, variously inscribed | Christie's

Lot 327

327

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION SIDE TABLE, the simulated black marble rectangular top above a sanded frieze with central stiff-leaf patera flanked by stiff-leaf sprays between egg-and-dart borders, the gadrooned stiff-leaf apron with central foliate swag flanked by further sanded panels with stiff-leaf sprays and supported upon female-mask-headed entwined dolphins resting upon a double bow-fronted rectangular plinth, the backboard with central rectangular mirrored plate within a laurel frame, flanked by two stiff-leaf panels with central Gothic ogee-arched niche, upon a scrolled acanthus-cast base, the plinth cast with trailing foliage and stiff-leaves and previously with further feet, refreshments to gilding, second quarter 19th Century, possibly German, variously inscribed

Details

A NORTH EUROPEAN GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION SIDE TABLE, the simulated black marble rectangular top above a sanded frieze with central stiff-leaf patera flanked by stiff-leaf sprays between egg-and-dart borders, the gadrooned stiff-leaf apron with central foliate swag flanked by further sanded panels with stiff-leaf sprays and supported upon female-mask-headed entwined dolphins resting upon a double bow-fronted rectangular plinth, the backboard with central rectangular mirrored plate within a laurel frame, flanked by two stiff-leaf panels with central Gothic ogee-arched niche, upon a scrolled acanthus-cast base, the plinth cast with trailing foliage and stiff-leaves and previously with further feet, refreshments to gilding, second quarter 19th Century, possibly German, variously inscribed
56¾in. (144cm.) wide; 37in. (94cm.) high; 22½in. (57cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A console by Leo von Kleuze with related frieze is illustrated in
H. Kreisel Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich 1973, vol. III, figs. 522.

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