CONSOLE TABLE (ONE OF TWO)

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Dining Room

About this object

Each table is elaborately carved with rococo scrolls in a variety of forms. In the center of the apron a shell motif flanked by leafy scrolls against a ground covered with a diaper motif. The curved legs are carved with bold, leafy scrolls ending in winged dragons at the top. The two leg slant downward and are joined near the bottom with a shell motif. The richly veined red marble top has a beveled edge with a double-bowed front that is shaped to follow the outline.

Object name:

CONSOLE TABLE (ONE OF TWO)

Made from:

Gilt oak -- marble

Made in:

Paris, France

Date made:

ca. 1730

Size:

32 × 50 3/4 × 24 1/2 in. (81.3 × 128.9 × 62.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

31.55

Class:

FURNITURE

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973