ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD TORCHERES, VENETIAN CARVED GILTWOOD STOOL, FLORENTINE SMALL TRUNK, VENETIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES
A BOULLE CENTRE TABLE in scarlet tortoiseshell inlaid with pewter strap work with green-stained and natural flowers and foliage, on square tapering legs, 3ft. in. wide (104cm.) circa Low Countries, the frieze now with a drawer and the feet replaced.
AN IMPORTANT EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR, the molded frame with boldly carved flamboyant leaf scrolls and a mask, approximately 8ft. pin. high by 6ft. 6in. wide (266cm. by 200cm.) circa 1700, probably Roman.
Reputedly from the Palazzo Capponi, Florence.
Hay ward, World Furniture, 71, plate 226, illustrates a similar frame, described as Roman, in the Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome.
A PAIR OF ITALIAN CARVED GILTWOOD TORCHERES, of square tapering form carved with female masks framed by scrollwork and with leafy pendants below, 4ft. 4m. high (132cm.)
circa 1810.
AN UNUSUAL ITALIAN GILTWOOD SMALL CHAIR, the back boldly carved in deep relief
as a grimacing mask, circa 1850.
A RARE FLORENTINE SMALL TRUNK covered with crimson velvet with borders of silver gallon, gilt-metal feet and escutcheon, circa 1680.
A PAIR OF GERMAN ROCOCO GILTWOOD TORCHERES in the form of two well carved chi noise figures with heads upraised, holding aloft circular shelves and standing on carved rococo scroll bases, 4ft. 4in. high (132cm.) circa 170, with restorations.
A VENETIAN CARVED GILTWOOD STOOL, the concave-sided rectangular top upholstered with velvet applique, wide (56cm.) circa 1745.
A WILLIAM AND MARY CARVED GILTWOOD CASKET STAND, 3ft. high by 2ft. wide (91cm. by 61cm.) circa 1680, English or Flemish, now with a russet marble top.
A PAIR OF VENETIAN GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES each on six carved baluster legs, with Rhondona marble tops, long (213cm.) circa 1865.
A FINE PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES composed of flamboyant leafy scrolls and each with four scrolled legs, the friezes centered by putty, pin. (175cm.) circa 1700, Roman or Genoese, with later verge -antic marble tops and supporting framework.
The treatment of the cherubs and foliage is similar to the pier-glass and table by Domenico Parodi, in the Palazzo Brignole, Genoa, illustrated in The History of Furniture, 1680.
A PAIR OF CARVED GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS with spade-shaped backs, out scrolled arms,
and cabriole legs, covered in contemporary embroidered silk of flowers in silk and silver-
thread, circa 1725, possibly Florentine.
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD STOOLS, en suite with bow-fronted seats, circa 1720.
A SET OF SIX CARVED GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS with shaped backs, scrolled arms, square
tapering legs and crossed stretchers, the backs and seats covered in contemporary silk and
velvet appliqued, circa 1700, North Italian.
A GILTWOOD STOOL, the rectangular top upholstered in 18th century applique, on
fluted tapering legs, 19m. (48.3cm.) circa 1900.
A CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE on square tapering legs with shaped stretchers, the marble top with a central green onyx panel and outer Spanish brocatelle marble border, 4ft, wide (124cm.) circa 1870, possibly English.
Ralph Edwards Dictionary of English Furniture, illustrates a table in the English Royal Collection with very similar legs and stretchers.
A ROMAN CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE composed of vigorous leafy scrolls with four incurved legs joined by a double stretcher embellished with masks, 5ft. wide (178cm.) circa 1700, now with a breccias marble top.
A FINE NEAPOLITAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERNIS MARTIN AND GILTWOOD SEDAN CHAIR, painted on a gilt ground with mythological scenes by Francesco de Mura, ft. 6in. high (168cm.)
Bought by the 5th Earl of Rosebay in 1880 for ?1,200
A similar Sedan chair is in the Capodimonte Museum, Naples.
A CARVED GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE, the frieze with leaves, masks and dolphins, on carved palm-tree legs, wide (213cm.) circa 1790, probably Roman, now with a rectangular marble top.
A RARE ANTWERP MARQUETRY TABLE in the manner of Leonardo Van dear Vine, with a frieze drawer, inlaid with flowers and arabesques in ivory, fruitwood and ebony on a scarlet tortoiseshell ground, 3ft. 4m. wide (102cm.) circa 1670.
A similar table attributed to Van der Vinne in the Detroit Institute of Arts, part of the Walter and Josephine Ford Fund Donation, was exhibited: The Twilight of the Medici, Late Baroque Art in Florence, 1610-1743, Detroit Institute of Arts, 27th March-2nd June 1974, and also Florence, Palazzo Pitti, 28th June~30th September 1974. It was originally one of a set of four. Several sets of tables of this type were supplied to the Medicis in the second half of the 17th Century. The style is obviously Flemish in origin, but was copied by immigrant Flemish and other craftsmen in other European countries -notably Germany, France and England.
Leonardo Van der Vinne, Flemish by birth, is first mentioned in Florentine documents in 1662, and remained as marquee to the Grand Ducal Court until 1693.
Another table of similar feeling in the Victoria and Albert Museum, W71, 1965, attributed to Melchior Forchoudt, is illustrated and discussed by Simon Jervis, A Tortoiseshell Cabinet and its Precursors, Victoria and Albert Museum Bulletin.