An Italian carved giltwood and painted console table, Turin circa 1730

with a shaped painted faux verde antico marble top within a border carved with foliage, husks and scrolls on a trelliswork ground, the pierced frieze centred by a female mask within a scrolled boss carved with gadroons, scrolls, flowers and foliage, each side centred by a stylised scallopshell within 'c' scrolls terminating in a floral and foliate spray, on triform shaped tapering legs carved with lambrequins above 'c' scrolls and strapwork on a trelliswork ground on inverted tassled feet

Roberto Antonetto, Il Mobile Piedmontese Nel Settecento, Vol. II, Turin, 2010, page 202, fig. I.c. Illustrated.

Gilding slightly darker more golden and much more attractive than in the catalogue photograph. Attractive detail to carving and good narrow size. There has been some refreshment to th apinted faux marbre top which has some very minor flaking to the paint and hairline cracks, commensurate with age and normal usage and do not detract from the piece. The female mask on the front shows signs of previous restoration, from the centre of the cheek to beneath the chin and there are some old minor restorations generally. There are also old minor chips to the gilding and evidence of old very minor worm which appears to be no longer active. There is evidence of some strengthening at the back of the carved sections of the frieze and the two front legs are also carved on the back, although the reverse of the legs are painted yellow as is normal for Italian furniture of this period. There is a crack in the bulbuous section of the front second leg from the right, which can easily be filled and touched up. In overall good conserved condition.
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Comparative Literature
V.Viale, Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Turin, 1963, where a very similar model, which is in the Palazzo Reale in Turin is reproduced on plate 53.
E. Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, Arredi e Decorazioni d'Interni dal 1600 al 1738, Milano, 2000, pp. 426-427, for another closely related console table.