Lot 562
  • 562

An Italian rococo carved giltwood console table, Venice, circa 1760

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pine, fruitwood
  • 84.5cm. high, 160cm. wide, 73cm. deep; 2ft. 9¼in., 5ft. 3in., 2ft. 4¾in.
the shaped white and grey veined inset marble top within a moulded border on a pierced frieze and apron, above similarly carved cabriole legs, the whole carved with flowers and rocaille

Condition

An attractive piece in good conserved condition. Overall marks and scratches consistent with age and use, and traces of old woodworm, which appears to be no longer active. The marble top with some chips along the edges. There are faint construction cracks due to wood shrinkage. Re-gilt. With label '41' to underside of marble top.
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Catalogue Note

S. Levy, Il mobile veneziano del Settecento, vol. II, Novara, 1996, tav. 226, illustrates a nearly identical carved walnut console table. A related console table sold Sanmarco - Venezia, 8 July 2006, lot 314.

The relevance of such tables, which would be found on the piano nobile of Venetian palaces, is underlined by the rich gilt decoration whilst other more domestic console tables would have had painted or lacquered decoration. These would normally have faux-marble tops in keeping with the pictorial illusionism of the frescoed interiors for which they were conceived.