Lot 122
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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER CONSOLES
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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER CONSOLES

LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GENOA

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER CONSOLES
Late 18th century, possibly Genoa
The later triangular alabaster marble top with inset moulded verde antico edges, above a stiff-leaf and trailing foliate carved frieze on a turned fluted tapering leg, surmounted by stiff-leaf carving, minor losses to carving and decoration, the decoration refreshed
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

These elegant consoles, with their leaf-wrapped, fluted supports and frieze of delicate trailing foliage, relate to a Genoese console with similar ornament and single fluted support illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p. 302, fig. 353.

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