A pair of George II-style painted and parcel-gilt console tables

in the manner of William Kent, the verde antico tops with rectangular canted corners, the parcel-gilt base painted brown to simulate mahogany, the fluted frieze with carved gesso elements centred by a shell connected to the legs by two oak swags, the scrolled legs with fish-scale and foliate and guilloche carving, on block feet

81cm high, 142cm wide, 81.5cm deep; 2ft. 7 ¾in., 4ft. 8in., 2ft. 8in.