A DUTCH BAROQUE WHITE-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE

CIRCA 1650

细节

A DUTCH BAROQUE WHITE-PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE
Circa 1650
The later shaped green, brown, and rust-veined yellow marbellized top, above four large foliate-sheathed S-scroll legs centering a pierced crest-shaped stretcher centered by an eagle on a garland flanked by oak and acorn branches, surmounted by a large acanthus fan and scrolled cresting, probably formerly gessoed and gilt or silvered
30½in. (77.5cm) high, 44in. (111.5cm) wide, 23in. (58.5cm) deep

拍品专文

This 'auricular' side table is similar to the side tables in the important seventeenth century furniture collection of Ir. Edgar J.G. Schermerhorn which sold Christie's Amsterdam, 29 September 1999.
The earliest pieces of 'auricular' furniture probably date from the 1650's. The majority of items produced were tables and stands. Several of these tables were intended as wedding presents and therefore much of their decoration includes marital symbolism. One of the most recurrent symbols on these 'marriage tables' is the eagle. This motif appears prominently on the current table, and would have been understood by contemporaries to symbolize parental love.