An Italian carved giltwood console table early 18th century

with a later shaped top supported by a female bust with a turban, the stem boldly carved with scrolls, acanthus leaves and husks terminating in a scrolled foot

Gilding less greenish more golden and attractive than in the catalogue photograph. Old marks, chips and scratches especially to the top commensurate with age. The carving on the stem is a very good quality and there are some minor losses to the carving and gilding which can easily be restored. The leafy sprays flanking the female mask have been strengthened with metal at the back. A very unusual table which just requires some minor attention to the gilding.
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Comparative Literature:
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1600 al 1738, Milan, 2000, p.192, no. 46, for a design  by Diacinto Maria Marmi  for a table, in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e della Stampe degli Uffizi, reproduced here in fig.1.