A pair of Italian rococo carved giltwood guéridons a trespolo, Venice, mid-18th century

with later inset green marble tops

Re-gilt. Marks and scratches and chips consistent with age, and traces of old woodworm which appears to be no longer active. One with a leg slightly lose in need of attention. The other with one open joint; the two other have been re-glued.
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These elegantly carved guéridons relate to a group of carved giltwood furniture made in Venice around the mid-18th century, and of which a comparable example is found in S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, ill. 275.