Lot 514

PAIR OF IMPRESSIVE GEORGE II STYLE PAINTED CONSOLE TABLES
OF RECENT MANUFACTURE

Auction: 26 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£5,000
Description
the polished limestone rectangular tops raised on two seated stylised fox supports, united by ornate openwork oak and acanthus carved scrolls and swags, centred by a female mask and shell motif, raised on outset canted platform bases
Dimensions
83cm high, 104cm wide, 57.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: These Console tables are after examples by Benjamin Goodison, circa 1740. The originals are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Christopher Wilk, 'Western Furniture 1350 to the Present Day', Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995, p.230.
The original examples were commissioned by Sir Jacob Bouverie for Longford Castle.
