An Italian arte povera pale green and red lacquered carved giltwood console table attributed to the workshop of Giacomo Locatelli, Venetian, circa 1740

of serpentine form, the blue painted faux marble top above a frieze centred by a scrolled cartouche enclosing a fête gallante flanked by a ribbon-tied bouquet with similarly decorated sides on cabriole legs with ribbon-tied floral trails terminating in scrolled feet, the whole carved with scrolls and acanthus

In overall good conserved condition. There are some scattered age and construction cracks at the joints and generally commensurate with age and normal usage which can be left or touched up. Some minor retouching. There are some very minor losses and chips to the decoration. There is a crack in the left leg when facing as visible on p. 85 that would benefit from some infill.
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Comparative Literature:
Clelia Alberici, Il Mobile Veneto, Milan, 1980, p. 204 (cat. 271).
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Arredi e decorazioni d’interni dal 1738 al 1775, Milan, 2003, pp. 338-339.

This exquisitely decorated console table with hand coloured prints, probably by Remondini, with a central cartouche flanked by floral sprays is very much in the style of the workshop of Giacomo Locatelli.

Colle, op. cit. pp. 338-339, illustrates no. 79, a Venetian red lacquer and arte povera bureau by Giacomo Locatelli (one of a pair sold in these Rooms, 10th March 1999, from the Estate of the late Giuseppe Rossi, Vol. I, lot 126, now in a private collection), with reserves of arte povera on a red ground flanked by very similar floral decoration as on the offered console table. It is also worthwhile noting a bureau recorded by Alberici, p. 204 (cat. 271), with similar decoration which has a very rare label which reads `Lavori Di Giacomo Locattelli all'Insegna del Redentore in Merceria Venezia' (sold Christie's, London, 13th December 1973, lot 100). A bureau cabinet with similar decoration is in the Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Applicata of Castello Sforzesco in Milan.

Furthermore, a suite of Venetian lacquered and arte povera furniture, more than likely produced in the same workshop was sold  in these Rooms, 10th March 1999, from the Estate of the late Giuseppe  Rossi, Vol. I, including the aforementioned  pair of bureaux -lot 126, and also see lot 124, a centre table decorated in a similar palette and with similar arte povera reserves and floral decoration to that on the offered piece.