LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING EARLIER ELEMENTS AND LATER

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A PAIR OF MARBLE TOPPED GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING EARLIER ELEMENTS AND LATER
Each with rectangular verde antico marble top above a C-scroll and egg and dart frieze, on opposing spread eagle and rockwork supports on rectangular plinths, the back of one eagle
34 in. (86.2 cm.) high; 41 in. (104 cm.) wide; 21¾ in. (55.3 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The original design of the early 18th century eagle-supported pier-table is associated with Lord Burlington's protegé, the artist/architect William Kent (d.1748), who was granted the title 'Master Carpenter' of George I's Board of Works. In 1725, Kent featured Roman eagles in his illustrations for Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's epic The Odyssey, recounting the history of Rome's foundation after the Trojan wars. Kent used scenes from The Odyssey in the ceiling of Roman mosaic to decorate George I's apartment at Kensington Palace.

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