ANTIQUE TABLES - Page 8

Italy, Late XIX Century

Table supported by moving legs connected by a cross-shaped crosspiece adorned with a central pinnacle element. In walnut, it is decorated with Umbertine-style carvings.

France, Late XIX Century

Mahogany veneered mechanical writing desk, France, late 19th century. Top with top with 3 drawers, front with flap door concealing cabinet with 4 drawers that slides forward, fitted with a morocco insert, band under the top with 3 drawers, perforated shelves joining the legs, the latter turned. Decorated with frames. Cherry interior.

Emilia Romagna, XVIII Century

Baroque coffee table supported by wavy legs, in walnut, the top is decorated with phytomorphic maple inlays. The mechanism that allowed the opening was blocked and modified, transforming it into a fixed table.

Central Italy, Early XVIII Century

Chestnut table supported by four turned legs supported by a crosspiece, in the under-top band there are two drawers, one of which has a replaced bottom; also replace the guides.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Open bedside table in walnut with shaped and inlaid top, front with door bearing carved knob and wavy legs with carved feet. The entire structure is inlaid with bois de violette, bois de rose and maple. Italy 18th century.

Italy, Third Quarter of the XVIII Century

Exotic wood desk with front with seven drawers, the only central one in the undercounter band accompanied by a drawer pull. Stiff legs. Exotic wood panelling and bordering throughout, inlaid mouths. Spruce interior. Lacks. Italy early 18th century.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Pair of carved mahogany shelves with large masks supporting twisted columns on which the top stands. Italy 19th century

France, Late XIX Century

Demi lune console game table in Directory style, mahogany veneer, France, late 19th century. By extracting the drawer in the band the top can be opened revealing the cloth playing surface. Deficiencies in the veneer, cloth to be replaced.

Piedmont, Mid XVIII Century

Baroque console in carved, gilded wood and with marbled top, Piedmont, mid-18th century. Supported by a pair of wavy legs connected to each other by a crosspiece carved in the central part with a cherub's face, the console features various types of decorations, including curls, "C"-shaped volutes, rocaille elements and plant elements. Completely regilded in the 19th century; deficiencies in the carving.

Rolo, Second Half of the XIX Century

Table with round top inlaid with olive, maple, cherry and walnut and decorated with a central scene depicting St. George killing the dragon and Greek frets on the edges. Turned and inlaid elm stem and wavy legs. Rolo second half of the 19th century

England, Late XIX Century

Mahogany desk with four drawer fronts with ebonized knobs bearing the inscription "Patent Hetwood" screwed on with turned screws, turned legs and cup feet. England, late 19th century

England, XIX Century

Walnut console with front with 2 drawers under the top and shaped apron. England 19th century

Italy, Early XVIII Century

Console in cherry wood shaped in the under-top band with drawer and truncated conical legs decorated with turnings and connected by 4 crosspieces. Modifications and restorations. Italy, early 18th century

Tuscany Third Quarter XVIII Century

Openable game table in English Baroque taste, open finished, veneered in walnut and striped walnut, Tuscany third quarter of the 18th century. Shaped openable top threaded in maple, equipped with green cloth insert, drawer in the band. Supported by five wavy legs with golf club-shaped feet, one of which can be opened like a compass to support the open surface. Poplar interior. Handle replaced.

England First quarter of the 19th century George III

English desk supported by truncated pyramidal legs with brass feet, has three drawers in the band; the top in the center has a Moroccan insert that can be lifted like a lectern and is equipped with a “U” -shaped upstand with drawers. In mahogany, it features a brass-plated railing. The name "Carlton House Desk" takes its name from the London residence of the future George IV, for which Goerge Hepplewhite designed and built this model in the 18th century.

Italy 20th century

Epoch style coffee table with top made up of different types of breccia with a central rosette. Support structure in metal. Italy, 20th century.

Italy, XX Century

Pair of mahogany clothing racks Top and shelf richly carved with phytomorphic motifs, connected by support columns with gilded gouges that pick up the shape of the four legs connected by wooden crosspiece richly carved with leaf motifs. Wavy feet. Restoration. Italy 20th century.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Elegant console supported by wavy front legs finely carved with lion face and feline paws lean on a mixtilineal base. Band with cherry drawer divided into compartments. Framed Bariglio Marble countertop. It has a tilting mirror with octagonal grooved frame holded by finely carved curnucopias. Mahogany pedulle slabbed. Shows the influence of the workshops of the cabinetmaker Peters.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Two George IV screen poles, supported by 3 curved legs, on which stands a refined baluster engaged with the pole that ends in a vase-shaped element. Two shield-shaped panels are fixed by rings and screws, so that their height can be adjusted. Made of citronnier, painted with phytomorphic motifs, the screens have embroidered fabric inserts. While in the 19th century pole screens had an ornamental function, in the 18th century they were used to shield the face from the direct heat of the fire, which could generate dangerous toxic reactions with white lead cosmetics (basic lead carbonate), widely used at the time by both men and women. The adjustable height allowed them to be customised according to the needs of the user, positioning them as a screen between their face and the fireplace.

Genoa Second Fourth XIX Century

Console with restoration mirror, resting on a shelf with turned feet, is supported by two wavy and carved uprights with leaf motifs; on the marble top rests a mercury mirror with a carved stop in the typical pod pattern and framed between two false pilasters that support the upper frame. In cherry.

Central Italy Mid 18th century

Open desk in red lacquered poplar wood, central Italy, mid-18th century. Three drawers in the undertop band, pair of side doors. Front and sides decorated with ocher frames, some of which lozenge.

20th century

Empire style console table supported by two pilasters carved with leaf motifs, framing the central compartment and supporting the slightly protruding undertop band in which there is a drawer. An ancient empire fireplace rests on the marble top, with a ledge of successive carved and gilded leaves and two tapered pilasters with gilded leaf carvings to support the entablature; in mahogany, the mirror is missing.