Live Auction 14226Opulence: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
Lot 194 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES

CIRCA 1850-70

Closed6 June 2017

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GBP 25,000

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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

Specialist note

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).