Lot Essay
The rich patina of the hexagonal top and the bold, sculptural supports of this table relates to several Florentine tables in the Sixteenth century both in form and in construction. As with the table offered here, the top affixes to the base with battens and pegs. A table of the same form, with a fluted frieze and less elaborately carved legs in the Bardini Collection, Florence, is illustrated in W. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, New York, 1966, fig. 159, p. 177.