An Italian gilt-bronze-mounted verde antico topped carved giltwood console table, Roman third quarter 18th century

with a serpentine verde antico veneered marble top within a later gilt-bronze guilloche and flowerhead border above a pierced frieze on scrolled legs joined by an x-form stretcher on scrolled feet, the whole carved with scrolls, rocaille, flowers and foliage

In overall good conserved condition. Colour overall slightly darker and much more attractive than in the catalogue photograph. Old very minor marks, chips and scratches commensurate with age which can easily be touched up. Attractive detail to carving. Evidence of old very minor worm which appears to be no longer active.There are some very minor hairline construction cracks where the stretcher joins the legs which can be filled or left. There is some very minor surface dirt especially to the stretcher which can be cleaned off according to taste. There is a minor 2cm long section missing from the gilt-bronze banding on the top as visible in the catalogue photograph but this can easily be restored and there are some miniscule scattered chips along the rear edge of the marble top which are hardly noticeable and do not detract from the piece. Attractive marble top.
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Comparative Literature:
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1738 al 1775, Milan, 2003, pp. 148-150.
A. González-Palacios, Fasto Romano, catalogue of the exhibition at Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome, 1991, Tav. LV, pp. 175-176;
A. González-Palacios, Il patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, pp.175-178.

This elegant and sculpturally carved console table decorated with flowers, leaves and rocaille and with an x-form stretcher and verde antico veneered top within a gilt-bronze border, is typical of Roman console tables of this period, several similar examples of which are illustrated by A.G.P., op. cit., pp. 175-178.

This table bears strong similarities to several rococo console tables in Palazzo Corsini in Rome, illustrated by Colle, op. cit., pp. 148-150, especially no. 32, including those in the Academia dei Lincei in the Palazzo Corsini, Rome, of similar form with foliate and rocaille carving, an `x' form stretcher, scrolled feet and legs with a bold 'c' scroll header and inward curved legs surmounted by a veneered marble top. They were all made for the Corsini family by the intagliatore Nicola Carletti active circa 1768 and 1769.