MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MUNICH

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A SOUTH GERMAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE
MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MUNICH
The serpentine moulded Tegernsee pink marble top above a conforming frieze of scrolling foliage centered by a cabochon set with a diamond, a shell above, a fleur-de-lys to either side, on foliate carved cabriole legs joined by a X-shaped stretcher centered by a plinth, with 18th century paper label inventory number "178", another indecipherable label and a later stenciled inventory number "No.307", minor restorations to the rails on the underside of the top
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Princes von Hohenzollern, removed from one of the Castles of Sigmaringen, Glatt, Achberg, Haigerloch, the hunting lodge of Lindich in Hechingen, or the Villa Eugenia; sold Sotheby's, house sale, Schloss Monrepos, Stuttgart, 9-14 October 2000, lot 157.

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Lot Essay

This beautifully composed table has much in common with the elaborate Régence manner of the school of designers and carvers in Munich of this time. Schloss Nymphenburg and Schloss Schleissheim, both outside the city, contain pieces by Joseph Effner (1687-1745) which have the same disciplined imagination. Jean-François de Cuvilliés (1695-1768), also working in Munich uses palm branches springing from the legs onto the apron on at least one table in the Residenz. Both these artists were encouraged in Francophile taste by the ruler of Bavaria, the Elector Maximilian II Emmanuel (1679-1726), and this in turn influenced the designers of Würzburg.

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