Object Detail
Description
console table of serpentine form with a drapery formed top with swags and tassels with putto below, on a shaped rockwork plinth. Blackamoor console table has serpentine form on shaped rockwork plinth. Gesso over pine carcass, made in Venice and purchased in Tunisia. Highly ornate console table en-suite with A0018. trompe l'oeil carved fabric effect to table top with carved tassels suspended along the underside; a swathe of fabric falls over the front. The rear support structure is also in the form of draped fabrics and fringes. The lower section of the table shows two black putti, one standing the other seated, wearing loincloths and gesticulating. The base of this section appears as rock-like. two (spare / broken) tassels from the table
Maker and role
furniture maker: unknown
Production place
Venice, Italy
Production date
circa 1820
Media description
gesso over pine carcass, giltwood, ebonised
Measurements
945 x 625 x 1295 mm
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0035
TJC reference number
35
