Description & Technical information
Most likely produced in the 1790s by Florentine craftsmen close to the Lorraine court. There isundeniable affinities with some console tables in the collections of Palazzo Pitti.
The carved decoration of the skirt in the shape of coils of acanthus leaves terminating in two griffins facing each other at centre can be found in many other pieces produced in Florence in the last quarter of the Eighteenth century, such as in the pelmets of a pair of monumental mirrors executed by Lorenzo Dolci for the Grand Dukes of Tuscany for Pitti and Livorno palaces.
Date: End XVIII c.
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Medium: Carved, Gilt, Ormolu, Hardstones
Dimensions: 103 x 157 x 80 cm (40¹/₂ x 61³/₄ x 31¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: Principi Centurione Scotto, Genoa.
Literature: Enrico Colle. I mobili di palazzo Pitti, Il primo periodo lorenese 1737-1799. Allemandi 1992.
P.140-141, cat.67
P.144, cat.72
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