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PAIR OF SOUTH ITALIAN ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD CONSOLE TABLES WITH PIETRE DURE TOPS CIRCA 1830, PROBABLY NAPLES

Auction Closed

December 4, 11:48 AM GMT

Estimate

18,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A PAIR OF SOUTH ITALIAN ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD CONSOLE TABLES WITH PIETRE DURE TOPS CIRCA 1830, PROBABLY NAPLES


the table tops with breccia di Seravezza, giallo antico, rosso antico, verde antico, breccia di settebasi, on a lion-supports raised on a platform with inlays

92cm. high, 135cm. wide, 57cm. deep; 3ft.¼in., 4ft. 5⅛in., 1ft. 10½in.

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This pair of impressive tables raised on lion leg supports with contrasting light and dark woods and refined inlay of flowerheads, foliage, stylised anthemions is typical of the South Italian production of the 1830s and 1840s. Other examples are illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile dell’Ottocento in Italia, Milan, 2007, pp.50-53. A related table with similar carved leg supports in the form of a lion is illustrated in G. Wannenes, Mobile d’Italia, L’Ottocento, Milan, 1987, p.204, no.398 and another pair was sold Sotheby’s London, Of Royal and Noble Descent, 19 January 2017, lot 170.