Nineteenth-century English console table entirely veneered in amboine-root, resting on a shelf and fitted with two uprights in the features of ebonized monopod griffins; the back panel consists of three sheets of mirror. The console features bronze border and brass-covered shelf ledges. It shows obvious references to furniture made for royal residences within the first quarter of the 19th century. In particular, comparisons are possible with furniture presented in some plates illustrating what the former home of Carlton House, demolished in 1826 after George IV disposed of it, moving his apartments to Bukingham Palace, must have looked like. In particular, in a panel depicting the Blue Velvet Room (c. 1818), gueridons can be glimpsed on the left and back walls, the supports of which are monopod griffins, in this case fully gilded. Similar supports, though with leonine faces, are found in several tables preserved at Windsor Castle, made by Morel and Seddon. The console table under consideration here is a derivation from these highly regarded prototypes, although the squarer lines, the ebonized griffins, and the choice of using mirrors for the back panel denote a slightly later date, placing it around mid-century.
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PLATINUM Seller in Milano, Italy
