Side table
Category
Furniture
Date
1740 - 1760
Materials
Giltwood and malachite
Measurements
87 x 115 x 57 cm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850036
Summary
A pair of giltwood and malachite side tables, Italian, mid 18th century The rectangular inset malachite top with a gadroon carved edge above a frieze profusely carved and pierced with scrolls and foliage centered by a cartouche. With four cabriole supports joining an X stretcher with conforming carved decoration and C scroll feet By repute these tables may have been presented by Catherine the Great of Russia to the 3rd Earl of Bristol