a dutch side-table

CIRCA 1680

Details

a dutch side-table
Circa 1680
The rectangular white, grey and brown veined marble top above the pierced S-scroll legs carved with griffin's masks, flower-sprays and foliage, joined by four shaped stretchers, one carved with stylized griffins and a central grotesque, the others each carved with foliage surrounding a an oval cabochon shield, traces of polychrome
80cm. high x 100cm. wide x 68cm. deep

Provenance

Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker NV

Lot Essay

A comparable side-table of the auricular style is in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, and illustrated in R. Baarsen, Nederlandse meubelen 1600-1800/Dutch Furniture 1600-1800, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1993, p. 41.

A related side-table was sold, Anon. Sale; Christie's Amsterdam, 12 September 1996, lot 250 (Nlg. 25,370).

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