NAPLES, CIRCA 1770-1773

Details

A SOUTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE
NAPLES, CIRCA 1770-1773
Decorated overall with foliate scrolls and rockwork, the serpentine-fronted brocatella di Spagna veneered marble top above a shaped frieze centred by a flower-adorned pierced foliate clasp, flanked by floral sprays, on conformingly decorated cabriole legs, terminating in scroll feet
37¼ in. (94.5 cm.) high; 57½ in. (146 cm.) wide; 29 in. (74 cm.) deep

Provenance

Palazzo Serra di Cassano, Naples.

Literature

Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, (one of the three other console tables of the suite, illustrated in situ) p. 78.

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Lot Essay

This console table belongs to a rare suite of four executed for the Palazzo Serra di Cassano in Naples. Under the supervision of Carlo Vanvitelli, responsible for the royal commissions, a quantity of architects, designers and carvers were manufacturing amongst other pieces this particular type of console with its distinctive and highly pronounced tall cabriole legs, from which some of the best examples are visible in the collections of the Palazzo Reale in Caserta.

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