An Italian Empire ormolu-mounted yewwood oval table circa 1805-1810

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Description

height 29 in.; width 22 in.; depth 15 1/2 in.
73.5 cm; 56 cm; 39.5 cm

the removable wooden top fitted on one side with a red-velvet panel, the frieze with flower-cast ormolu mounts, raised on columnar supports, joined by a shaped platform stretcher.
Stamped twice on the underside, and on the edge of the removable top DC (beneath a crown) 6508.

Provenance

Italian Royal Collections

Collection of Jacques Doucet, Paris, and thence by descent

Catalogue Note

The DC brand (Dotazione della Corona) was in use after 1855; it denotes pieces from the royal palaces of Savoy.