Lot 308
308
The Property of the Trustees of the KNOLE ESTATES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLES, each with a later grey-veined marble top, the lotus-leaf and ball and ribbon-twist cornice above a panelled frieze with ribbon-tied tapering laurel flanked by foliate-sprays, the twin front legs with lotus-leaf and stiff-leaf arcaded frieze, on square tapering panelled legs with further ribbon-tied laurel above a beaded and turned foot, lacking small sections of moulding, one inscribed H, differences in size, late 18th Century

Details
A PAIR OF ITALIAN MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLES, each with a later grey-veined marble top, the lotus-leaf and ball and ribbon-twist cornice above a panelled frieze with ribbon-tied tapering laurel flanked by foliate-sprays, the twin front legs with lotus-leaf and stiff-leaf arcaded frieze, on square tapering panelled legs with further ribbon-tied laurel above a beaded and turned foot, lacking small sections of moulding, one inscribed H, differences in size, late 18th Century
the larger 43in. (109cm.) wide; 34in. (86cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep
the smaller 37¾in. (96cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Lord Sackville
(d. 1908)

Lot Essay

It is possible that these tables, together with the suite of late 18th Century Florentine chairs (sold in these Rooms 9 June 1988, lot 101) and the painted cassone (illustrated M. Drury, 'Italian Furniture in National Trust Houses', Furniture History, 1984, pl. 57a), were acquired in Italy in 1876 by Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Lord Sackville (d. 1908).

A closely related suite of Tuscan seat-furniture, carved with parcel-gilt diminishing husks is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile NeoClassico Italiano Milan 1955, Tav. CCVII

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