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SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON TRUST (LOTS 16-17)

A PAIR OF CARVED-PINE CONSOLE TABLES

OF GEORGE II STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ONE PAIR OF DOLPHINS POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF CARVED-PINE CONSOLE TABLES
OF GEORGE II STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ONE PAIR OF DOLPHINS POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY
Each with a rectangular porphyry marble top above an acanthus-carved bolection molded frieze and a pair of addorsed dolphins below overlaid shells, on a rectangular plinth base with everted center and carved with flower-filled entrelac, each stamped in ink '17369', variations in carving, size and construction
32½ in. (82.5 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide, 19¾ in. (50 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

with Symons and Company, New York.
Purchased from French & Co., New York in 1933 by Mr. Rockhill Nelson.

Literature

Art News, 9 December 1933 p. 63 (illustrated).
The Connoisseur, June 1934, p. 411 (illustrated).

Exhibited

The Kansas City Museum, December 1933

Special notice

No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

Further details

*This lot may be tax exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the back of the catalogue

Lot Essay

These marble-topped tables are designed in the George II 'Roman' fashion popularized by the Rome-trained artist William Kent (d.1748). The dolphin, entwined and supporting a shell, emblematic of Venus, evokes The Triumph of Love. A related table from Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, was sold Christie's, London, 22 May 1967, lot 15 and another from Syon Park, Middlesex, was offered Sotheby's, Syon Park Sale, 14-16 May 1997, lot 32.

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