The serpentine red Flanders marble top above an acanthus-scrolled frieze on a hatched ground, above a pierced apron with acanthus-flanked cartouches of floral trellis and centred by sunflowers, on scrolled serpentine-panelled legs carved with acanthus and strapwork and headed by bearded masks of soldiers with plumed helmets, joined by a shaped X-stretcher with a central platform with a later urn, on fluted bun feet, regilt, with some losses to the gilded decoration
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm.) wide; 27¹⁄₄ in. (69.5 cm.) deep

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This imposing console table in the Dutch William and Mary style of around 1700 was inspired by French prototypes introduced to the Netherlands by the celebrated architect and designer Daniel Marot (1661-1752). Such tables furnished the most important palaces and examples can be found in the collection of H.M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at Palace Huis ten Bosch near The Hague as well as in the gallery of Het Loo Palace near Apeldoorn. A pair was sold at Christie's, London, 12 June 2003, lot 1110 (£46,812), and a further related table is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.