GENOA, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
GENOA, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The serpentine-fronted later Spanish Brocatelle marble top with moulded edge, above an elaborately carved scrolling foliate pierced apron centered by a rockwork cartouche and decorated with flowerheads, the shaped sides similarly carved, on double C-scroll supports carved with foliage and flowerheads, joined by similarly carved stretchers, centred by a rockwork cartouche decorated with flowerheads, on scroll feet, the marble replaced
36 in. (92 cm.) high; 58½ in. (148 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep

Provenance

Proprietà Galletto, Genoa, Christie's House Sale, 19-20 June 2000, lot 49.

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Lot Essay

A closely related console table with very similar rocaille naturalistic carved moulding under the top above the pierced frieze, yet without stretcher, is illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p. 189, fig. 224.

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