AN 18TH CENTURY EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE, WITH FIGURED MARBLE TOP
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL ‘EAGLE BASE’ CONSOLE TABLE, IN THE MOST PERFECTLY UNTOUCHED CONDITION - WITH BLACKENED BASE AND DUSTY, SLEEPY, DARK GILTWOOD SURFACE. GROUNDED IN POSTURE, NOT STANDING TOO TALL (TRADITIONALLY TO SIT UNDER THE DADO RAIL), THE CONSOLE TABLE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY CARVED CENTRAL EAGLE - HEAD TURNED - SITTING ATOP A ROCKY BASE, AND SHAPED BLACKENED PEDESTAL. THE VITRUVIAN SCROLL SUPPORTS A FIGURED BROWN, BLACK & PURPLE BRECHE MARBLE TOP. THE STRUCTURE OF THESE DESIGN OF TABLES, ARE DESIGNED TO BE AFFIXED TO A WALL.
H 79 CM, 31 1/4” X W 90 CM, 35 1/2" X D 51 CM, 20 "
LITERATURE:
ADAM BOWETT, EARLY GEORGIAN FURNITURE 1715–1740 (2009), PP. 228–231, NOTES THAT TABLES WITH BASES CARVED IN THE FORM OF EAGLES, SPHINXES, AND DOLPHINS WERE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR EXPRESSIONS OF THE NEO-PALLADIAN TASTE. THEIR POPULARITY MAY HAVE BEEN DUE IN PART TO THEIR RELATIVELY COMPACT FORM. ALTHOUGH ALL THREE DESIGNS ARE TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WILLIAM KENT, BOWETT OBSERVES THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT. OF THE THREE TYPES, TABLES SUPPORTED BY CARVED EAGLES ARE THE MOST FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED.
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AN 18TH CENTURY EAGLE CONSOLE TABLE, WITH FIGURED MARBLE TOP
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL ‘EAGLE BASE’ CONSOLE TABLE, IN THE MOST PERFECTLY UNTOUCHED CONDITION - WITH BLACKENED BASE AND DUSTY, SLEEPY, DARK GILTWOOD SURFACE. GROUNDED IN POSTURE, NOT STANDING TOO TALL (TRADITIONALLY TO SIT UNDER THE DADO RAIL), THE CONSOLE TABLE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY CARVED CENTRAL EAGLE - HEAD TURNED - SITTING ATOP A ROCKY BASE, AND SHAPED BLACKENED PEDESTAL. THE VITRUVIAN SCROLL SUPPORTS A FIGURED BROWN, BLACK & PURPLE BRECHE MARBLE TOP. THE STRUCTURE OF THESE DESIGN OF TABLES, ARE DESIGNED TO BE AFFIXED TO A WALL.
H 79 CM, 31 1/4” X W 90 CM, 35 1/2" X D 51 CM, 20 "
LITERATURE:
ADAM BOWETT, EARLY GEORGIAN FURNITURE 1715–1740 (2009), PP. 228–231, NOTES THAT TABLES WITH BASES CARVED IN THE FORM OF EAGLES, SPHINXES, AND DOLPHINS WERE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR EXPRESSIONS OF THE NEO-PALLADIAN TASTE. THEIR POPULARITY MAY HAVE BEEN DUE IN PART TO THEIR RELATIVELY COMPACT FORM. ALTHOUGH ALL THREE DESIGNS ARE TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WILLIAM KENT, BOWETT OBSERVES THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT. OF THE THREE TYPES, TABLES SUPPORTED BY CARVED EAGLES ARE THE MOST FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED.
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