These splendid console tables, with their imaginative combination of imposing Italian baroque monopodia supports and English friezes with their Greek key ornament recalling the Palladian designs of William Kent, reflect a sophisticated "antiquarian" taste. The fantastical monopodia supports, with their bearded and grotesque masks, reflect the influence of the late 17th Century Florentine designer, Diacinto Maria Marmi, who executed designs for a series of tables of similar inspiration (see E. Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, Milan, 2000, p. 192, and A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: Toscana e l'Italia Settentrionale, Milan,1986, vol. II, pp. 29-31).
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The marble tops with the typical light scratches, abrasions and scattered small chips, consistent with use, not extensive. The legs scattered chips, losses to carving and gilt surfaces revealing gesso, bole and bare wood in areas as to be expected with age, the feet all partially tipped. Some small losses to the gilded egg-and-dart at the friezes. Some old worm damage, now inactive, to their undersides.
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Lot 143Sale 23085
THE LEGS 18TH CENTURY, THE FRIEZES ENGLISH AND OF A LATER DATEA PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLESEstimate: USD 3,000 - 5,000
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