TURIN, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN PALE BLUE-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE
TURIN, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The later serpentine-fronted breccia marble top above a scrolled frieze centred by a shell, on cabriole legs joined by similarly carved stretchers centred by a mask and surmounted by a later shell
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. (118 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Literature

R. Antonetto, Il mobile piemontese nel settecento, Turin, 2010, vol. II, pp. 206-207, no. 10 (illustrated).
E. Quaglino, il piemonte, Mobile E Ambienti Dal XV All'inizio Del XIX Secolo, Milano, 1966, pp. 131 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

This console table closely resembles a design by the Piemontese furniture-maker Gian Pietro Baroni di Tavigliano, whose design incorporates a similar mask embellished stretcher and scrolling frieze, (R. Antonetto, Minusieri Ed Ebanisti Del Piemonte, Storia e Immagini del Mobile Piemontese, 1636-1844, Torino, 1985, p. 20, no. 21). This design can also be found on a console residing in the Palazzo Reale in Turin (U. Chierici, Torino, Il Palazzo Reale, Torino, 1969, no. 69).

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