A REGENCE GILTWOOD AND CARVED WHITE MARBLE CENTRE TABLE

Starting price
£ 30 000
Auction dateClassic
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
ID 1225578
Lot 55 | A REGENCE GILTWOOD AND CARVED WHITE MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
A REGENCE GILTWOOD AND CARVED WHITE MARBLE CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1725-30, PREVIOUSLY ALTERED INTO TWO PARTS
The rounded rectangular white marble top with re-entrant corners and profusely carved in very low relief with Bérain-esque palmettes, scrolls, foliate and arabesque motifs centred by a medallion with intricate geometric motif, the frieze centred one each side bya carved foliate patera flanked by scrolls on a trellis ground, the cabriole legs headed by scrolling feathered and bearded masks above strapwork, joined by an X-shaped stretcher with C-scrolls and foliate carving, terminating in scroll feet, previously but not originally separated into two console tables with the marble, frieze and stretcher consequently cut through the middle, now rejoined
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high; 27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm) deep




Provenance

Louis-Gabriel-Albert Watel-Dehaynin (1885–1972), hôtel Watel-Dehaynin, avenue Foch, Paris, from whom acquired by the present owner.
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