Lot Essay
When these console tables were sold at Christie's in 1996, the tables were painted grey and were described as being previously white-painted and parcel-gilt.
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EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FROM ARCHITECTURAL FITTINGS AND LATER GILDED
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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO CONSOLE TABLES
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FROM ARCHITECTURAL FITTINGS AND LATER GILDED
Each with a grey-veined marble top on a shaped and pierced stand with foliate and scallop-shell decoration on a pounced and lozenge ground and centred by a recessed cherub's mask
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (2)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ADAPTED FROM ARCHITECTURAL FITTINGS AND LATER GILDED
Each with a grey-veined marble top on a shaped and pierced stand with foliate and scallop-shell decoration on a pounced and lozenge ground and centred by a recessed cherub's mask
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Mrs. H. A. Du Boulay; sold Christie's, London, 14 November 1996, lot 125.
Special notice
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