Lot 13
13
AN ITALIAN WALNUT SIDE TABLE
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more
AN ITALIAN WALNUT SIDE TABLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
AN ITALIAN WALNUT SIDE TABLE
Late 18th Century
The rectangular Portor marble top above a panelled frieze carved with a ribbon-tied husk-trail and centred by a rosette above a berried boss, on square tapering legs headed by stepped capitals and terminating in square tapering feet, the marble restored
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 623/8 in. (158.5 cm.) wide; 345/8 in. (88 cm.) deep
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The overall proportions and distictive square capitals of this side table are similar to related examples in the Pitti Palace in Florence. These include a giltwood table executed by Lorenzo and Antonio Dolci in 1794 and a white-painted and parcel-gilt example, with a similar central rosette, executed circa 1785, which is in the sala dell'Aurora of the Galleria Palatina (see E. Colle, IL Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1992, p. 116 and p. 137).

More from Important European Furniture,Tapestries, Carpets & Porcelain

View All
View All