A PAIR OF GEORGE II AND LATER CARVED PINE EAGLE CONSOLE TABLES IN THE MANNER OF FRANCIS BRODIE...

A PAIR OF GEORGE II AND LATER CARVED PINE EAGLE CONSOLE TABLES IN THE MANNER OF FRANCIS BRODIE

MID-18TH CENTURY AND LATER

each with a breche violette marble top above a Greek key and leaf carved frieze, the eagle support with outstretched wings, standing on rockwork, on a ribbon and floret carved plinth base, probably originally painted, slight differences to carving, the tops re-constructed, with later iron rod supports (2)

92.2cm high, 96cm wide, 49.5cm deep

CATALOGUE NOTE

The design for this type of 'Roman' pier table has historically been associated with the eminent English architect and furniture designer William Kent (1685-1748) and this design was most popular during the 1730s-1750s throughout England and Scotland. A related table is illustrated in the 1739 trade sheet by the Edinburgh cabinetmaker Francis Brodie. In the same year he supplied 'a marble table supported by and eagle, gilt in burnished gold' to the Duke of Gordon. See F. Bamford, 'Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers', Furniture History, vol. XIX, 1983, plate 24a. For a similar pair of tables see Dreweatts, Fine Furniture, Ceramics & Works of Art, 28th March 2018, lot 70.