A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE

POSSIBLY BY JOHANN FRIEDRICH FUNK II, BERN, CIRCA 1790

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
POSSIBLY BY JOHANN FRIEDRICH FUNK II, BERN, CIRCA 1790
The demilune grey-veined white marble top above a garland-hung frieze centered by a shell and dolphins, the stretcher centered by a basket of flowers
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 57 in. (145 cm.) wide, 25 in. (64 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 October 2009, lot 36.

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Lot Essay

For a pair of similar giltwood tables with floral garland and bouquet-centered stretcher by Johann Friedrich Funk II in Schloss Jegenstorf, see H. von Fischer, Fonck A Berne: Möbel und Ausstattungen der Kunsthandwerkerfamilie Funk im 18. Jahrhundret in Bern, Bern, 2001, p. 259.

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