GILT WOOD CONSOLE WITH LIONS’ HEADS. MARBLE, WOOD. 18TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Furniture
Reference: ZF1128
Console with lion heads. Carved and gilded wood, marble top. Possibly Italian school, 18th century. A console table with four legs joined by a stretcher that culminates in a central piece, crafted from carved and gilded wood. Designed to be placed against a wall, it is topped with a light-toned, veined marble slab that follows the lines of the piece (curves on three sides and straight lines on the legs). The slender, molded waist features a raised garland of leaves that connects the lion protomes adorning the legs and the scallop shell with flowers at the front. The legs, with their architectural lines, volutes at the ends, and leaf garlands, are finished with lion heads. The stretcher also features carved leaves and flowers. Stylistically, both the lines of the waistline and tabletop, as well as the elements of the rest of the piece and the material, link it to 18th-century European works. The lines of the legs (straight compared to other Rococo pieces, for example, from the French school) are reminiscent of pieces following designs by Daniel Marot (1661-1752), a Dutch architect, furniture designer, and engraver, and of the Dutch school. However, it should be noted that his designs influenced numerous creations throughout the continent. It is also worth mentioning the presence of an 18th-century console table in the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, whose general lines (though not so much the decoration, which is more Rococo than this one) are reminiscent of this piece in some details. Compare it also with those in the Church of Santa Maria la Nova in Naples (Italy), the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and so on.
· Size: 100x60x84 cms.
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