An Italian Baroque Console Table

Rome 18th century, hardwood frame on cabriole legs, carved with partly openwork ornamental motifs, flowers and rocailles, gilded, floral decoration, cross-shaped stretcher, later stone top with marble application (“diaspro di Sicilia”), c. 95 x 160 x 75 cm, wooden frame of a later date under the top, some flaking of paint and signs of abrasion, signs of age and use. (DOC)
Very similar consoles can be found in the "Galleria degli Specchi" in the Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj, as well as in the Palazzi Colonna, Durazzo Pallavicini and Corsini in Rome.

Cf Lit.:
- Goffredo Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, p. 81 fig. 128, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1997 (reprint by Görlich Editore S. p. A. - Milan 1970)
- Silvano Colombo, L’Arte del Legno e del Mobile in Italia, p. 418, fig. 420, Bramante Editrice - Busto Arsizio 1981
- Caroline Vincenti, Roberto Schezen, Palazzi di Roma, p. 216 at bottom, Arsenale Editrice s. r. l. Venice 1987
- Massimo Listri, Palazzi in Italien, pp. 161, 336 and 398, Magnus Edizioni Srl/Frechmann, Cologne 2011.