POSSIBLY NORTH ITALIAN OR PROVENCE, CIRCA 1780

It is possible that table was produced in Provence, specifically Avignon. Consoles produced there in iron utilize the same motifs of pendant drapery and central monogram found on the present example, seen on an earlier 18th century console in wrought iron with repoussé and gilt tôle attributed to the Avignon locksmith Alexis Benôit (see P. Verlet, French Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 1991, p. 48, pl. 38.)

The scrolled frieze, pendant drapery and oval monogram are also motifs frequently found on examples from Piedmont and Turin, such as those by Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo (1745-1820). For comparable examples with similarly carved motifs, see V. Viale, ed. Mostra del Barocco Piemontese, Turin, 1963, Tav. 77, fig. a, and E. Quaglino, I Mobili Piemontese, Milan, 1966. Of Piedmontese origin, Bonzanigo settled in Turin in 1773, where he worked as a sculptor, wood-carver and cabinet-maker before his official appointment as wood-carver to the House of Savoy in 1787. Bonzanigo's most celebrated commissions are those executed for the various Savoy palaces and hunting lodges, including Turin, Moncalieri, Rivoli, Stupinigi and Venaria.