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Furniture
18th century
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Furniture du 18th century
Pair of consoles with putti, Rome circa 1750
DIMENSIONS : l. 36.22 .inP. 17.72 .in
MATERIAUX : Gilded wood
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?A rare and important pair of ceremonial console tables in lacquered and gilded wood.
Each console table features a plump child simply dressed in a drape that conceals his nudity.
Kneeling on a rocky mound, he acts as a central support and holds a heavy marble tray on his head and two garlands of fruit in his hands.
The two putti, who turn their heads in opposite directions, face each other and look at each other when the two console tables are positioned side by side, giving a pleasing symmetry to the pair.
Gilded poplar wood for the marble supports and softwood (probably "Pinus Pinea," the Roman parasol painter) for the putti, lacquered white to imitate marble for the body, brown for the rocky mounds, and gold leaf for the drapes and garlands of fruit. Siena yellow marble veneer top inlaid with a purple semesanto marble border with tiny inclusions. Beautifully preserved, with minor repairs to the lacquer, normal restorations, and missing parts to the feet of a putto at the back of one of the two consoles.
Italian work, Rome circa 1750.
Dimensions:
Height: 98 cm for one and 102 cm for the other
