PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ROBERT DE BALKANY
A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES
PROBABLY SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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Price Realised GBP 30,000
Estimate
GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000
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Both of these impressive console tables are in good order and ready to place. As mentioned in the catalogue description the tops are later replacements, with very minor chips to the edges and light surface scratches. One has been broken and repaired. Later cross-braces to support the marble and re-supporting to the rails.The bases have been re-gilt and the bright gilding has been rubbed back in areas to reveal the orange bole beneath. Hairline shrinkage alongn the lines of construction. Minor repairs and replacements to the extremities of the carved elements. The shell re-supported. Evidence of old apparently inactive woodworm.
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Lot 85Sale 20121
PROBABLY SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURYA PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLESEstimate: GBP 30,000 - 50,000
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