Elizabethan baroque style console, ca. 1890.

Elizabethan baroque style console, ca. 1890.
Carved and gilded wood. Veined marble top.
Presents marks of use, wear and some faults. Needs to be reworked.
Measurements: 100 x 140 x 56 cm.

Baroque style console made of carved, fretworked, molded and gilded wood. Its four legs present a light form of cabriole, a front carved with scrolls and vegetal elements, and are united by the inferior zone between them by means of chambranas also decorated with leaves of baroque inspiration, that are united in a central form ajarronada. The waist of the small table has an openwork front with the same type of baroque decoration as the legs: stems, garlands, scrolls, volutes, etc...

The realization of consoles was widely recognized in Rome between the second half of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, and derived directly from those made during the early Baroque period by artists of Bernini's immediate environment, such as the famous tables of the Naiad and the Triton. These were pieces of furniture where carving predominates, worked at various levels of relief and even with details in round bulge, independent figures that can replace parts of the structure (especially the supports). These tables were display furniture, richly decorated and characterized by a high quality. On the other hand, as they approach the 18th century, as in this particular case, more and more symmetrical forms will be seen in them, seeking undulation, movement, but also a certain balance, as can be seen in this piece, and prioritizing vegetal decoration.