A Roman Rococò Carved Giltwood Console Table, with a serpentine veneered Pavonazzetto Romano marble top
Date Rome, 1740-1750
Period 1600-1750
Medium Carved, Gilt, Giltwood
Dimension 90.5 x 212 x 77 cm (35⁵/₈ x 83¹/₂ x 30¹/₄ inches)
Positively rare in its transitional, original shape and design, this console table was almost certainly once part of a larger, imposing suite of furniture.
Circle of Giacomo Bonario
Rome, ca. 1740–50
An Italian Carved Giltwood Console Table, with a serpentine veneered Pavonazzetto Romano marble top above a pierced frieze with garlands and C and S-scrolls, on scrolled legs with pronounced C-scrolls and flowerheads terminating in hoof feet joined by an X-form shaped stretcher centred with a cartouche from which emerges a fan of elongated leaves and flowerheads, the whole carved with flamed rocaille, flowers and foliage.
Date: Rome, 1740-1750
Period: 1600-1750
Medium: Carved, Gilt, Giltwood
Dimension: 90.5 x 212 x 77 cm (35⁵/₈ x 83¹/₂ x 30¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: European private collection
Literature: E. Colle, Il mobile rococò in Italia, pp.138–39, Milan, 2003.
A. González-Palacios, Il tempio del gusto: Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie, vol. I, Rome, 1984.
A. González-Palacios, I mobili italiani: il patrimonio artistico del Quirinale, Rome, 1996.
More artworks from the Gallery