CIRCA 1850-70

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
CIRCA 1850-70
Each with a later verde vecchia chiesa marble top
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 71 ¾ in. (182.5 cm.) wide, 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Profusely ornamented with rockwork, dolphins and scrolls, these remarkably console tables are reminiscent of the most fantastical Italian baroque furniture. Their picturesque exuberance recalls grotto furniture and the use of an eagle riding a dolphin suggests a Sicilian or Neapolitan attribution (compare a centre table in the Palazzo Reale, Naples, illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile dell’Ottocento in Italia, Milan, p. 181).

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