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CIRCA 1720, ALTERED IN THE 19TH CENTURY TO FORM A CENTRE TABLE
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A REGENCE GILTWOOD TABLE À GIBIER
CIRCA 1720, ALTERED IN THE 19TH CENTURY TO FORM A CENTRE TABLE
The moulded rectangular pink and grey marble top above a waved frieze with central pounced cartouche of a bearded Bacchic mask, flanked by acanthus C-scrolls and floral trails on a hatched ground, the sides similarly carved and with central lambrequin spray, on goat's-mask headed cabriole legs carved with trailing husks and acanthus and joined by an undulated X-form stretcher with central lambrequin-draped gadrooned plinth, on pieds de bîche, one side frieze later carved to correspond, re-gessoed and regilt
33 in. (83.5 cm.) high; 62¼ in. (158 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1720, ALTERED IN THE 19TH CENTURY TO FORM A CENTRE TABLE
The moulded rectangular pink and grey marble top above a waved frieze with central pounced cartouche of a bearded Bacchic mask, flanked by acanthus C-scrolls and floral trails on a hatched ground, the sides similarly carved and with central lambrequin spray, on goat's-mask headed cabriole legs carved with trailing husks and acanthus and joined by an undulated X-form stretcher with central lambrequin-draped gadrooned plinth, on pieds de bîche, one side frieze later carved to correspond, re-gessoed and regilt
33 in. (83.5 cm.) high; 62¼ in. (158 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from the Lévy sale, Paris, 10 September 1908.
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