Console; Italy, early 18th century.

Console; Italy, early 18th century.
Carved and corleada wood and marble top.
It has a gilder's label.
It has faults and wear.
Measurements: 79 x 127 x 80 cm.
The four legs of the console have a cabriole shape profusely decorated with feet in the form of a feline claw, a front carved with scrolls, vegetal elements and a mask. The legs are joined together at the bottom by chambranes also decorated with classicist-inspired leaves. The upper panel follows the lines of the furniture: straight front corners following a strict symmetry.
It is clearly inspired by decorative elements taken either from the Renaissance or from classical antiquity (more Imperial Rome than Greece), as is usual in the works that fall within the Neoclassicism. However, the movement of the upper panel, the openwork decoration on the front, the light cabriole legs and the abundance of decoration and gilding on this piece of furniture are also related to a continuation of the forms of another 18th century style: Rococo.