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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD SIDE TABLE , English, circa 1740
Height: 32 ¾ in; 83.5 cm
Width: 61 ¼ n; 156 cm
Depth: 31 in; 79 cm4431721The table retains much of the original gilding and the original ‘Rosso Levanto’ marble top. The use of Roman heads in the frieze is unusual for a table of this...The table retains much of the original gilding and the original ‘Rosso Levanto’ marble top. The use of Roman heads in the frieze is unusual for a table of this period. A symbol of classial education of the patron and perhaps a reminder of the Grand Tour.Provenance
Elmore Court, Gloucestershire, England.Literature
Elizabeth White, ‘Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources’, 1990, p. 264, pl. CXLVII.
Jaques Dubarry de Lassale, ‘Identifying Marble’, 2000, pp. 64-5.
