18th Century and Earlier Tables

A most impressive Italian 18th century Baroque St. giltwood and Brèche d'Alep marble console. The console is raised by striking elegantly scrolled legs with topie shaped feet and a s...

A very attractive and high quality Italian late 18th century giltwood freestanding console. The fluted tapered legs have richly carved acanthus le...

Italian 18th century scagliola rectangular console tabletop Italian, 18th Century Height 4cm, width 117cm, depth 60cm This wonderful console tabletop was crafted in Italy during the...

Finely carved Italian console in excellent condition for its age. Not sure if marble top is original. Has a scagliola inlay of a pearl necklace in the marble.

A magnificent and unique Italian 18th century red polychrome and gilt wood Roman console. Raised on impressive elaborately scrolled legs ending in gilt feet, cabochons and borders, t...

A sensational and most decorative Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated, giltwood and mecca console. This freestanding console is raised by impressive patinated green and gilt fluted tapered legs. Each leg is decorated by a top gilt foliate decoration and a spiral floral garland leading down to the bottom feather design, above a patinated topie shaped foot. The fanciful apron with its 'Entrelacs et les Rosaces' design and patinated green background has a wonderful and bold foliate decor at each corner. Centered at the frieze is an oval relief...

A spectacular and extremely high quality early 18th century Italian Napolitan freestanding giltwood console. The console is raised by handsome 'S' scrolled legs with a Rocaille folia...

A very attractive Italian mid 18th century Tuscan walnut center table. The table is raised on a concave sided bottom tier with scrolled supports at each corner. The central fut is a ...

A high quality and very handsome Italian 18th century Louis XV st. Giltwood, patinated Wood, and Sienna marble console, from Naples. This beautiful freestanding console with its orig...

Unusual and very decorative three-tier étagère or guéridon of tapering form supported by three hoof feet. With its original polychrome paint. This guéridon is very elegant with it...

A stunning pair of Italian 18th century Baroque giltwood, faux painted marble and polychrome freestanding consoles. Each console is raised by an elegant square faux painted green mar...

An exquisite Italian 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood console. The console is raised on elaborately scrolled cabriole legs adorned with finely carved flowers. Connecting each l...

A magnificent Italian 18th century Baroque st. giltwood and Sarrancolin marble console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant cabriole legs with graceful fluted feet and rich...

N.3 antique shop counters, they were used for the checkout in a very large shop with multiple workstations, they could be adapted to desks, tables...

Antique Console Table, chiseled and hand-sculpted in precious lacquered and gilded wood, shape with floral and period motifs, complete with original and already restored alabaster to...

A very handsome and unique Italian 17th century Louis XIV Period walnut consoles/center table from Florence. The consoles may be displayed seperately or when placed back to back may ...

Beautiful Italian gueridon table of walnut Wood with 2 putis holding each other.

The yellow and pink fossil marble top above a rocaille and foliate pierced apron on cabriole legs with scroll feet.

A wonderful and very decorative Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated green and gilt freestanding console This lovely gilt trimmed console is raised on cabriole legs decorat...

Antique cherry wood table, hand-carved with turned legs, hand-built in the 18th century by a craftsman of the time in Italy, complete with s...

A striking Italian 18th century Louis XVI period giltwood and faux painted marble console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant tapered legs with fine reeded and half ball f...

A very handsome pair of Italian 17th century walnut side tables from Luca. Each table is raised by topie shaped feet and most decorative turned legs connected by an X shaped stretche...

A sensational and most decorative true pair of Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated and marble wall mounted consoles from Tuscany. Each console is raised by striking scroll...

A handsome Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Scagliola console, from Tuscany. This beautiful freestanding rectangle console is raised by slender tapered fluted legs wit...

Very elegant Italian console table, entirely hand-painted with a marble trompe-l'œil. The top is of trapezoidal shape, with the corners jutting out. The square, tapering baluster leg...

Very fine 18th century Italian Giltwood Hand-Painted Scene on Flip-Top Table.

A spectacular Italian mid 18th century giltwood and Rosso Verona marble console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful and most impressive scrolled legs with elegant scroll...

A most impressive Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Rouge Languedoc marble freestanding console from Naples. The console is raised by four elegant cabriole legs with ...

A stunning Italian 18th century Régence period giltwood and Rouge Royale marble console. The wall mounted console is raised by elegant scrolled legs with superb mottled designs and a...

A striking and most decorative Italian 18th century Baroque period Walnut, Ebonized Fruitwood, giltwood, and bone side table. The one door, one drawer side table is raised by elegant lightly curved square tapered legs leading up to impressive ebonized fruitwood columns with giltwood plinths and capitals centering the door. The door displays a bronze pull and is richly decorated with stunning intricately detailed inlaid foliate designs centering a bearded man with a sword...

A most handsome and stately Italian early 18th century Louis XIV period giltwood and marble Roman console. The freestanding octagonal console is raised by handsome robust legs, with ...

A very decorative and unique Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated console with a Portor marble top. The console is raised by two handsome supports with square bases and ti...

Neoclassical hand carved, gilt wood console with a polished rouge marble top. The marble top has a carved molded edge, the frieze relief is carved with masks and rosettes and a pie...

Hand carved, 2 piece, walnut console from the area of Tuscany.

Rare and wonderful painted table with a square top, raised on baluster legs with a surround stretcher. Deep drawer in the recessed apron, with the date painted: "Anno 1785". The top ...

A beautiful and most unique Italian 18th century neo-classical st. walnut, giltwood, and Sienna marble console, from Luca. The demi-lune shaped freestanding console is raised by eleg...

A beautiful Italian 18th century Louis XV period polychrome, giltwood, and Orange Varois marble center table. The rectangular table from Bologna is raised by most elegant polychrome ...

An impressive Italian mid 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood rectangular console. The console is raised S scrolled supports adorned with burnished acanthus leaves joined by a scroll...

A wonderful Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated side table. The table is raised by cabriole legs with a decorative fillet border extending over each leg and apron. Above i...

A very handsome pair of Italian 17th century Louis XVI period walnut consoles / center table from Tuscany. Each console is raised on four turned...

A handsome Italian 18th century ebonized fruitwood trestle table. The table is raised by two sets of scrolled pierced supports connected by the orig...

A handsome Italian 18th-century solid walnut gateleg table from Tuscany. The table is raised by two thick carved scalloped trestle supports, one s...

A handsome Italian 18th century solid walnut gateleg table from Tuscany. The table is raised by two thick carved scalloped trestle supports, one side housing a drawer. Each support i...

Tall, stately, hand-carved, walnut console table with large center drawer. Original marble top. The whole on turned and fluted legs.

Engagement table. For exchanging messages between lovers in the early 1800s. The couple could exchange notes through the drawer that slides from one side to the other, where the two ...

Antique Italian neoclassical demilune side table from circa 1800, with grey painted decorations added at a later date. Measures: Height 90 cm x width 120 cm x depth 59.5 cm.

An exceptional and wonderfully decorative Italian late 18th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood, Giltwood, Sienna and Breccia Pernice marble console. This truly stunning freesta...

An exquisite Italian 18th century Genovese st. giltwood and soapstone console. The freestanding console is raised by impressive richly decorated cabriole legs with scrolled acanthus ...

An extremely elegant and high quality Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. walnut, giltwood and Benou Breccia marble center table. The rectangular center table is raised by fine circul...

A sensational Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated wood and faux painted marble wall mounted console. The console is raised by a charming central foliate and floral reserve...

A hand-carved, solid walnut, single drawer, Tuscan console table. The top featuring it's original, marble slab sits above four tapering, turned le...

Ornate baroque carved giltwood console with foliage and scroll ornaments raised on shaped out-stepped plinth, Italian, 18th century.

Among the most beautiful examples of hardstone artistry that have ever entered our collection, these important Grand Ducal pietre dure console tables are in a class all their own. Their powerful architectural elegance, impressive size and rarity make them two of the finest hardstone masterpieces ever created and quite possibly the greatest pair of pietre dure tables in existence. With their naturalistically rendered flowers and birds, these tabletop panels showcase the particularly fine quality craftsmanship of the Grand Ducal workshops in Florence during the first quarter of the 17th century. Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici, one of the most important personages in the annals of art history, established the Grand Ducal Workshop in 1588. The workshop specialized in the art of pietre dure developed from the ancient art of opus sectile, giving rise to the most luxurious and detailed examples of hardstone artistry ever produced. Its patrons were the Popes and Royals of Europe, and the quality of the objects produced in the workshop is without equal. Typically, because of the high level of workmanship the art form requires, pietre dure plaques were crafted in small sizes. The great majority of known examples of pietre dure are a fraction of the size of our grand tables. The combination of pietre dure and extensive use of other rare decorative hardstones such as lapis lazuli and pietra paesina or “ruin marble” meant that these tabletops were surely produced for a wealthy collector. The tables are further distinguished by their superbly carved bases by Andrea Brustolon, known as the “Michelangelo of wood.” Brustolon was a Venetian wood sculptor known for his exuberant and intricate Baroque furniture. His high Baroque style was influenced by his years studying in Rome, where he was exposed to the sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Crafted in the early 18th century, these bases display Brusolon’s unmatched talent for both figural and foliate work, combining cupids, masks and oversized scrolling vines for a grand, ornate effect. Similar furnishings by Brustolon are held in museums worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the Ca' Rezzonico Museum in Venice features an entire room dedicated to the sculptor. For approximately 150 years, these tables were part of the famed Stoneleigh Abbey collection owned by the Lord Leigh family. This renowned English country estate inspired Jane Austen to write Mansfield Park. Lord Leigh eventually sold the tables at Christie’s London in 1962, and the pair have stayed in the collection of the same Florentine family who purchased them from Christie's until we recently acquired them. Our tables are prominently pictured in the important Saul Levy book Il Mobile Veneziano del Settencento. The pietre dure plaques date circa 1625-1650. The decorative tops likely would have originally been sold with a pair of plain stone columns to display them, and Lord Leigh would have commissioned the custom bases from Brustolon circa 1714 when he added the impressive four-story fifteen-bay Baroque West Wing to Stoneleigh Abbey. A similar single Grand Ducal tabletop is in the United Kingdom’s National Trust Collection, and a smaller tabletop resides in Buckingham Palace. The flower and bird panels in our examples relate to the famous Badminton Cabinet...