A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES

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£ 60 000
Auction dateClassic
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1250850
Lot 35 | A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Each with a serpentine giallo antico veneered marble top above a pierced frieze centred by a female mask, the boldly scrolled cabriole legs with a foliate wrapped cartouche on the knees, one bearing the coat-of-arms of the Torrigiani family, the other with 'SPQR' above a rampant dog for the del Nero family, joined by a shaped stretcher centered by a grotesque male mask on inward scrolled and block feet
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 53 ½ in. (36 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep




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Commissioned for Giovanni Vincenzo Torrigiani (1662-1719) and his wife Teresa del Nero, Florence (married in 1692), thence by descent.
Private European Collection.
Treasures; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2015, lot 26, where acquired by the present owner.
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