Object Description
A Fine Italian Console Table and Mirror
Constructed in walnut, richly and finely carved; rising from a serpentine base supported by shaped and scrolled feet, with an spread wing eagle, with one talon aloft, holding a shield shaped cartouche, over a grotesque mask, with an architectural background of a brickwork wall, adorned with tendrils and foliates; the shaped and carved platform with upturned scrolls has a complexly and finely carved mirror frame over, comprehensively adorned with foliates, vines, grapes, lovebirds, and an eagle contending with a snake atop, enclosing an elliptical bevelled mirror.
Italian, Circa 1870
Dimensions:
Console Table: H: 43 in / 109.5 cm W: 45 in / 114.5 cm D: 17 in / 43.5 cm
Mirror: H: 55 in / 140 cm W: 38 in / 97 cm