A REGENCE GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A REGENCE GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The serpentine white marble top above a foliate, shell and C-scroll carved frieze centred by a mask, on scrolled supports headed by female busts with coiled dragons below and with C-scroll feet joined by a triangular shell-fronted platform supporting a chimera, marble top later
31½ in (80 cm.) high; 40½ in. (103 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (55 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This table is in the manner of Nicolas Pineau (1684-1754). Along with Meissonier and de la Joue, he is regarded as one of the originators of the genre pittoresque or early French rococo. His Nouveaux desseins de Pieds de table, de Vases et de Consoles, de sculpture en bois illustrates carved tables with distinctive double scrolled legs headed by caryatid busts, which compare closely to the motifs employed on this table.

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