A pair of carved giltwood and marble mounted console tables, in George II style, 18th century and later, the marble tops above the carved oak leaf and riband tied frieze, above central eagle supports depicted with their wings spread, on carved rockwork bases, and flanked by pierced scrolling sides carved with acanthus, on rectangular simulated marble bowfront bases with egg and dart moulded edges. each 95cm high, 133cm wide, 62cm deep Provenance: Purchased from the collection of Lord & Lady White of Hull, Christies New York, 30th April 1997 and previously at Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 24-26 October 1946, lot 402. For a related pair of tables see Bonhams, London, 21 November 2012. The pair had provenance to The Earl of Kinnoull, Balhousie Castle, Perthshire. Other related eagle console tables include a table from the collection of Claude D. Rotch which was illustrated in R.W. Symonds article ‘English Eagle and Dolphin Console Tables’, The Antiques Magazine, Vol XVIII, October 1930. Pairs of tables such as these were most likely to have been made for an existing Palladian setting. The design was initially made popular by William Kent and William Chambers Please note the estimate for this lot should read £60,000-£80,000
A pair of carved giltwood and marble mounted console tables, in George II style, 18th century and later, the marble tops above the carved oak leaf and riband tied frieze, above central eagle supports depicted with their wings spread, on carved rockwork bases, and flanked by pierced scrolling sides carved with acanthus, on rectangular simulated marble bowfront bases with egg and dart moulded edges. each 95cm high, 133cm wide, 62cm deep Provenance: Purchased from the collection of Lord & Lady White of Hull, Christies New York, 30th April 1997 and previously at Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 24-26 October 1946, lot 402. For a related pair of tables see Bonhams, London, 21 November 2012. The pair had provenance to The Earl of Kinnoull, Balhousie Castle, Perthshire. Other related eagle console tables include a table from the collection of Claude D. Rotch which was illustrated in R.W. Symonds article ‘English Eagle and Dolphin Console Tables’, The Antiques Magazine, Vol XVIII, October 1930. Pairs of tables such as these were most likely to have been made for an existing Palladian setting. The design was initially made popular by William Kent and William Chambers Please note the estimate for this lot should read £60,000-£80,000
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