18th Century Baroque Piedmontese Italian Marble & Painted Console Table

An 18th-century Swedish Rococo table features elegantly curved, outswept legs typical of the furniture of this era. Crafted from pine, the table displays traces of its original paint...

An unusual late 17th century North Italian Baroque ebonized writing desk - of serpentine form. Featuring a knee-hole type design with a pull-out writing desk flanked by a pair of cup...

Console tables are beautiful, graceful tables that also serve a practical purpose. These tables are aligned against a wall, often between two windows and/or placed beneath a mirror. You might find accessories or artwork resting on the marble or wooden tops. During the Regence period, these tables would often be painted to match the colors of the wood paneling of the walls, indicating that this console table came from an opulent room. Hand-carved in Italy during the 1700’s, the wood has a lacquered white finish with gilded highlights. The rouge royal marble from Belgium has white and gray veining and light inclusions with a quarter round finish on three sides (like most consoles, the backside is typically left unpainted or raw – as this is the side that abuts the wall). Beneath the thick marble are four cabriole legs with pied-de-biche (deer’s foot...

Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Faux-Sienna Marble Console hails from Florence, whose rich history in art and architecture spans centuries. Some of the world's most famous figure...