An Italian carved giltwood console table, Roman third quarter 18th century

with a serpentine giallo di Sienna veneered marble top with a verde antico border above a pierced frieze on scrolled cabriole legs joined an x-form stretcher centred by a pierced rocaille and acanthus on inward scolled feet, the whole carved with rocaille, scrolls, flowers and foliage

In overall good conserved condition. An impressive piece.The marble top shows signs of some very minor restorations and there are some very minor chips and losses which are hardly noticeable. There is a 2cm long section of veneer missing to the front edge of the marble top as visible from the catalogue photograph. There is also a 2cm section of carving chipped off the front right corner of the frieze but this can be easily restored. There are some construction cracks at the joints commensurate with age which can easily be filled or left. There are overall some very minor chips but there is a section chipped off towards the rear left leg and a scroll which would benefit from some attention as it has been painted with gold paint as has a flowerhead on the same leg. There are some old restorations where there have been some breaks in the stretcher would benefit from some attention. The carving is nicely executed. There is evidence of two strengtheners where the stretcher joins both rear legs. The gilding on the stretcher is slightly worn in places.
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Comparative Literature:
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Arredi e Decorazioni d'Interni dal 1738 al 1775,  Milan, 2003,  pp. 148-149, no. 32.

This fluidly asymmetrically carved console table with its boldly carved cabriole legs  with rocaille, flowers and leaves and x-form stretcher is conceived very much in the vein of the console tables, illustrated by Colle, op. cit., p.139 no. 29  p. 149, no. 32.The latter is dated to the third quarter of the 18th century and is in the Accademia dei Lincei, Palazzo Corsini, Rome. The same author also illustrates two other console tables with the c-scrolls at the top of the legs and with boldly carved flowers and leaves on the knees. Furthermore, all three have marble veneered tops with a different coloured border and the one in palazzo Corsini, illustrated p.149, has a top which is the reverse of that on the offered table-the top is in verde antico with a siena marble border.