A carved giltwood console table Louis XV, circa 1735

with a mottled brown marble top, of bowed form, the whole carved with scallopshells, floral motifs and C-scrolls, on down scrolled legs joined by a stretcher centred by a scallopshell, some losses

Possibly Chiswick House Inventory, 1869, p. 72 in the 'Passages'; A gilt console table with marble top

The top has many repaired breaks and later re-enforcements. The front edge has a large chip and loss. The table is missing of the palmette carving to the frieze with further chips, age cracks and losses throughout. The gilding has a build up of ingrained dirt. Some of the joints are loose.
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