A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLES

PROBABLY ROME, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLES
PROBABLY ROME, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a later serpentine alabaster top above a pierced ruffled foliate and C-scroll-carved frieze with floral swags, the sides similarly carved, on scroll and ruffle-headed cabriole legs joined by a rocaille-carved X-form stretcher with central pierced ruffled shell, resting on scrolled feet, with metal inventory plaque 'A-3452' and 'A-3452A', and marked in chalk 'GR-1464', regilt, restorations and replacement to some frieze carving
34½ in. (88 cm.) high, 60½ in. (154 cm.) wide, 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) deep (2)

Sale room notice

The correct dimensions for the consoles are:
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 60½ in. (154 cm.) wide, 30in. (76 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A closely related Roman console with a very similar stretcher and legs in a private Bolognese collection is illustrated in S. Colombo, L'Arte del Legno e del Mobile in Italia, Turin, 1981, pl. 421, and another very similar console in the collection of Count Paolo Diamilla Magnelli is illustrated in G. Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, Milan, 1997, p. 81, pl. 128. A further related console is also in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, and illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il Patrimonio Artistico del Quirinale: I Mobilé Italiani, Milan, 1996, p. 178, pl. 54.

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