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A PAIR OF NEAPOLITAN GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED DEMI-LUNE SIDE TABLES WITH 19TH CENTURY SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY TOPS

CIRCA 1780, PROBABALY ORIGINALLY WITH MARBLE TOPS

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A PAIR OF NEAPOLITAN GILTWOOD AND CREAM-PAINTED DEMI-LUNE SIDE TABLES WITH 19TH CENTURY SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY TOPS
CIRCA 1780, PROBABALY ORIGINALLY WITH MARBLE TOPS
The tops inlaid with harewood and tulipwood tendrils and palmettes with engraved highlights above a panelled frieze with classical figures and rose-bud tendrils, on foliate entwined spiral legs, each base extended to the sides by 2½ in. to fit the top, the bases redecorated
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 45½ in. (138 cm.) wide; 25½ in. (65 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The demi-medallion tops mosaic-inlay displays an Apollo sunflowered compartment festooned with laurels and wreathed by a palm-flowered ribbon-guilloche. It reflects the George III Roman fashion promoted by the court architect Robert Adam (d.1796), and relates in particular to a 1774 pattern for a pier-commode-table in, The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1777, vol II pl.8).

The reeded leg, entwined like Caducean serpents, also features on a pier-table in the Museo Correale, Turin (A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Mobile nei Secoli, vol. III).

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