Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - including the Homm Collection of Carpets Part One - 15th January 2025
Lot 486
A GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONSOLE TABLE IN GEORGE II STYLE
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000
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Description
A GILTWOOD AND EBONISED CONSOLE TABLE IN GEORGE II STYLE
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT, LATE 19TH / 20TH CENTURY
the rectangular green marble top above a stiff leaf frieze and a shaped apron with a foliate and 'C' scroll cartouche with entwined initials supported by a pair of eagles standing on rocks and scrolling foliate back legs, on faux green marble plinths
82.5cm high, 196.7cm wide, 69.8cm deep
Catalogue Note
A similar giltwood console table, dated as 18th century and later, was offered at part of the Collecting Arcadia: The Collections from Gatewick and Trethill House auction held by Dreweatts 1759 on 16th October 2024.
Other tables of a similar form, and known to be by William Kent, can be found at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, and in the National Trust Collection at Hatchlands Park, Surrey.
The eagle motif probably derives from Ovid’s Metamorphoses where Ganymede is carried away by an eagle to serve Jupiter. Its use as a design feature is popularly believed to have been developed by William Kent in the 1720s and has been used by furniture designers and makers ever since.