VENICE, CIRCA 1740

Typical to Venetian workshops, tripod, or a trespolo, consoles and guéridons, were produced in different materials such as carved walnut, giltwood, and lacquer. For a variety of such consolle and giridoni, see S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Vol. II , Milan, 1964, figs. 278-285. Because of their light weight and portability, tripod tables were very popular. Tripod consoles, such as those offered here, were by nature immobile and thus more often topped with inset marble panels. This was particularly true to those executed in giltwood. A comparable pair of giltwood consoles a trespolo with inset marble tops from the estate of the late Giuseppe Rossi was sold Sotheby’s, London, 10-12 March, 1999, lot 111 (£45,500).