Lot 262
  • 262

An Italian rococo polychrome painted console table mid-18th century, Piedmont

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • height 32 1/2 in.; width 46 1/2 in.; depth 22 1/2 in.
  • 82.6 cm; 118.1 cm; 57.2 cm
with a later serpentine-fronted marble top; the pierced frieze carved with stylized shell and wave motifs entwined by roses, raised on similarly carved and decorated scrolled supports; decoration refreshed.

Catalogue Note

For a similar example, see, C. Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Electra Editrice, 1980, pp. 232-233. A console of more elaborate form but of very similar overall design is in the Palazzo Morando, Milan, illustrated, E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, p. 403, no. 94; see also Colle, op.cit. p. 402 for a comparable design.