AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE

PROBABLY ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE
PROBABLY ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular alabastro fiorito and verde antico marble top on a base with a frieze with a central tablet of a river nymph with a lyre, on fluted tapering legs, with replacements to sides, some numerals inscribed in white chalk
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high, 70¾ in. (180 cm.) wide, 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Similar tablets incorporating river gods feature on a pair of tables by Antonio Landucci in the Palazzo Quirinale, Rome (illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il Patrimonio Artistico del Quirinale: I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, pp. 184-5), while a further pair of tables, attributed to Florence, featuring similarly leaf-carved legs, also in the Palazzo Quirinale, is illustrated op. cit, p. 196

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