Jamb Ltd. Side Tables

Carved to exceptional naturalistic effect, the base of the present console table takes the shape of a pear tree entwined with vines, its roots firmly planted in a grassy knoll, lush with vegetation. With shaped Breccia Capitolina marble top. The fashion for such tables had been initiated in seventeenth-century Italy by the preeminent artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), who – whilst primarily celebrated as a sculptor – was also active as a painter and as a furniture designer. As observed by scholar Alvar González-Palacios, it is amply recorded that “Bernini took punctilious care with the supports of his statues”, including for the pedestal of his renowned Apollo and Daphne in Rome’s Villa Borghese. In about 1617, Bernini carved a Carrara marble figure of the martyred Saint Lawrence that is considered by many a masterpiece of his early career, visible today in Florence’s Palazzo...

A George II Mahogany Side Table, with Drawer Modest, but perfectly formed. With exceptionally dark depth of colour to the timber, an overall dry surface, the rectangular top with ce...

An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table The rectangular top with gadrooned border, above carved frieze with scrolling foliage centred by characterful and confidently carved lion mask...

An Extremely Rare Pair of William and Mary Side Tables, with original Carrara Marble Tops Carefully stripped to reveal the scintilla remnants of the original black japanned surface;...

A George II Mahogany and Marble Topped Side Table With beautifully moulded and figured marble top, possibly Alwalton Marble, on plain frieze with cross banded apron on carved cabrio...

Possibly American, with gently curving serpentine shape with original Bardiglio marble top, with unusual plain and shaped frieze, on very lightly carved cabriole legs on pad feet. Wi...

A Highly Important and Handsomly Drawn Pair of Late George II Mahogany Side Tables with the Original Egyptian ‘Aswan’ Granite Tops in the Manner of Sir William Chambers. The tables ...

A Pair of George III Carved Giltwood Demi Lune Tables with statuary marble white tops, above a gilt gesso guilloche banded frieze with bead and leaf border, on elegangly tapering car...

A rare 18th Century tripod table, resting on an acanthus carved base, with ball and claw feet. Irish, c.1760

The rectangular top with rounded corners and moulded edge above a shaped frieze carved with scrolling acanthus,cross hatching, centered by a large scallop shell standing on four acan...

An Early Nineteenth Century Painted and Grained Side Table Of unusual form with Carrara marble top above a gadrooned frieze on volute outscrolled legs. Height: 82 cm, 32 1/4″ Depth...

An Irish Mid- 18th Century Mahogany Side Table with Exceptional Timber The frieze with running incised Greek Key pattern, the legs decorated with intricate fret work with heavy cham...

A Superb George III Chippendale Period Serpentine Fronted Side Table The well figured mahogany top above a fluted frieze, with carved oval satyr masks, resting on square chamfered l...

An Irish George II Mahogany Side Table With carved shell apron and acanthus carved cabriole legs terminating in paw feet. Height: 78 cm, 30 3/4″ Width: 139 cm, 54 3/4″ Depth: 67 cm,...