TUSCANY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE
TUSCANY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The serpentine-fronted white-veined green cipollino marble top with rounded angles above a pierced foliate scrolling frieze centered by a medallion with a profile of a female looking left, above S-shaped legs headed by further dragon masks and joined by an X-shaped stretcher, the marble and central portrait medallion probably later
35 ¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high; 65 ¾ in. (167 cm.) wide; 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Property of a Roman Collector, Christie's, London, 13 September 2007, lot 1328 (£38,900 with premium) where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A closely related florentine console table executed in the second quarter of the 18th century, now in the Appartamento degli Arazzi, prima sala, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, is thought to be part of a suite of six console tables carved 'con festoni, fogliami, medaglioni e maschere' executed by florentine carvers and retailed to the Court by the tappezziere Gaetano Seti circa 1750. (See E. Colle, I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, Il primo periodo lorenese 1737-1799, Florence, 1992, fig. 33, p. 103).

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