Pair of Umbrian Walnut Baroque Console Tables

Pair of Umbrian Walnut Baroque Console Tables.

Dates: circa 1680.

Dimensions:

85.00cm high (33.46 inches high).
133.00cm wide (52.36 inches wide).
65.00cm deep (25.59 inches deep).

Description / Expertise:

Rare, Umbrian, baroque, trestle, Scantonata configuring both as a pair of consoles & an octagonal, center table.

- Versatile, Baroque design - the only early model of table that was conceived as two elements standing together as a centre table or individually as a pair of consoles; exuding Italian grandeur & versatility with characteristic lyre shaped, trestles.
- This rare model of console/centre table usually has a shallow moulding directly below the tops and these consoles incorporating a frieze are rare demonstrating they were made for a grand household.
- Characteristic of fine, Italian furniture, the form is classically elegant and the lyre shaped trestles inject Baroque spleandour and gravitas.
- They have a lustrous patina and are in excellent condition.
- Provenance : Private collection, Rome; the home they were reputedly made for. Bearing the inventory numbers.
- Made by the same hand, they are not an exact pair with subtle and slight differences that you have to look for to see.

Centre table 133 cm tapering to 55cm, wide, 120cm deep, height 85cm.
Consoles : length 133.00cm., 52.36 inches, depth 65 cm., 25.50 inches, height 85 cm., 33.50 inches.

Medium: Walnut.

Origin: Italy.

Condition: Good.

Price

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance