A PORTUGUESE COLONIAL PARCEL-GILT WALNUT SIDE TABLE POSSIBLY BRAZILIAN, CIRCA...
With a serpentine grey and beige fossil marble associated top, the shaped apron raised on cabriole legs joined by crossed serpents and terminating in claw-and-ball feet, impressed '2' at the underside, originally with a wood top, the gilding possibly later
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 431⁄2 in. (110.5 cm.) wide, 231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) deep
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For a similar eighteenth-century meia-cômoda (half-commode) in the João V style, see the example in the collection of the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, illustrated in T. Canti, O Móvel no Brasil: Origens, Evolução e Características, Rio de Janeiro, 1985, p. 188, fig. 151.
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With a serpentine grey and beige fossil marble associated top, the shaped apron raised on cabriole legs joined by crossed serpents and terminating in claw-and-ball feet, impressed '2' at the underside, originally with a wood top, the gilding possibly later
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 431⁄2 in. (110.5 cm.) wide, 231⁄2 in. (60 cm.) deep
Provenance
For a similar eighteenth-century meia-cômoda (half-commode) in the João V style, see the example in the collection of the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, illustrated in T. Canti, O Móvel no Brasil: Origens, Evolução e Características, Rio de Janeiro, 1985, p. 188, fig. 151.
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