AN ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, GENOESE, CIRCA 1730/40

This console table has a pierced apron and shaped legs which are delicately carved with strapwork ending in exaggerated deep scrolls on socles. These features are characteristics of work produced in Liguria during the second quarter of the 18th century. Genoese furniture of the 18th century is particularly noteworthy for its creativity and fine tradition of carving and sculpture.

The present impressive table is a superb example and the richness and quality of the decorative carving bears close similarity to an example in the Palazzo Reale in Genoa (illustrated, A. González-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p.117, no.140). Related examples were also sold Sotheby's London, 15 December 1999, lot 74 and Sotheby's London, 11 December 2002, lot 41.