A PAIR OF CARVED PINE EAGLE CONSOLE TABLES IN GEORGE II STYLE

A PAIR OF CARVED PINE EAGLE CONSOLE TABLES IN GEORGE II STYLE

AFTER FRANCIS BRODIE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

each with a marble top, above a Greek key frieze and an eagle standing on rockwork support (2)

87cm high, 181.5cm wide, 55cm 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.