CIRCA 1710, ORIGINALLY A STAND FOR A CABINET, ONE LONG FRIEZE REPLACED TO FORM A CENTRE TABLE, PROBABLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XIV GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1710, ORIGINALLY A STAND FOR A CABINET, ONE LONG FRIEZE REPLACED TO FORM A CENTRE TABLE, PROBABLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The later campan melangé marble top above foliate carved frieze centred with a mask, on pierced square section legs joined by a stretcher centred with an urn, the underside of the marble with a printed paper label 'allegato N.18' and inscribed in ink '2327', the table also inscribed '2327' to the reverse of the frieze and '187', regilt, restorations to one long frieze
32½ in. (83 cm.) high; 38½ in. (98 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This table frame, conceived in the Louis Quatorze Roman fashion popularised by the engraved Oeuvres of Jean le Pautre, has its richly fretted frieze centred by a Venus head lambrequin cartouche between wave-scrolls, while its herm-tapered legs are tied by waved and urn-capped stretchers. A closely related pattern, entitled Pied de Table a la fin du 17e. Siecle, featured in A.J.Roubo, L'Art du Menuisier, Vol.6, Paris c. 1770 (pl.267).

THE GILDING TEST
A scientific analysis of the gilding concluded that the front (side A) shows evidence of an earlier decoration underneath the present water gilding. However, on the reverse (side B) there is only evidence of the present water gilding over its coat of white gesso. The underside of the gesso is clean.

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