9088 – AN EXTRAORDINARY CARVED AND PALE GREEN PAINTED GROTTO TABLE

9088 AN EXTRAORDINARY CARVED AND PALE GREEN PAINTED GROTTO TABLE Possibly Sicilian. Circa 1735.   Measurements: Height: 31 7/8″ (81cm); Width: 49 1/2″ (126cm); Depth: 22 3/4″ (58cm);  



Research

Of carved and painted fruitwood. The bow-fronted marble top above the shaped apron carved with foliate c-scrolls against a diaper pattern ground, the lower edge carved with rocaille scrolls, the whole raised on four scrolling cabriole legs each headed by a carved shell and carved with acanthine decoration, each leg with scrolling spur to the front and terminating in a carved foot, the legs joined by a scrolling foliate carved x-shaped stretcher centred by a carved shell.

 


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