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A Pair of Italian Rococo Painted and Parcel-Gilt Consoles Circa 1760, Sicilian
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- height 26 1/2 in.; width 19in.; depth 14 1/4 in.
- (67.3cm; 48.3cm; 36.2cm)
the shaped rounded top painted to simulate marble above an apron carved with scrolls, raised on a single scrolled and pierced leg, the underside with two French & Co. inventory numbers 57599 in yellow chalk and D-253-X inked.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, March 26, 1997, lot 178
Catalogue Note
Two comparable consoles are in the Palazzo Biscari in Catania. See E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, p.50 and Tomasi et al, Palaces of Sicily, New York, 1998, p. 182.