Tables

Cello-shaped candelabra, in wrought iron, circa 1960.

Baroque console table in solid pewter, designed by Piero Figura for Atena Peltri d'autore.

Neo Baroque gilt metal console and its mirror, circa 1980. Dimensions en cm: Height 70 / 78. width 110 / 96. depth 32.  

An impressive and large scale Italian 19th century Baroque st. polychrome, giltwood and Scagliola center table. The circular table is raised by elegantly scrolled polychrome legs with handsome paw feet decorated with fine giltwood accents and superb fur like designs. The circular mottled central support displays wrap around bands of finely carved seashells...

Rare and adorable small low table of unusual shape. The oblong top with rounded ends and dentil edge supported by lyre-form ends, joined by a wavy stretcher.

A palatial and uniquely scaled Italian late 19th century Baroque st. carved stone, patinated wood and mosaic center table. This spectacular table is raised by three elegant 'C' scrol...

Elegant and charming Italian octagonal small Center or Occasional Table, The leather inset octagonal molded top above four cabriole legs. Wonderful light colored fruit wood with a lu...

French gate-leg table, circa 1650. Oak with metal fittings. Measures: Height 28 ¼“ width 54“ depth 20 ½“ / 41 ½“/ 62“ $20,000. This solid oak French Baroque table...

Rectangular top with pull out extensions over a frieze containing drawers at each end with heart cut out decoration , raised on turned legs and joined by shaped upper stretchers and ...

An impressive and most decorative Italian 19th century Baroque st. giltwood, polychrome, and Vert de Patricia marble center table. The rectangular table is raised by a stunning giltw...

A beautiful and most decorative Italian 19th century Baroque st. Mecca and Jaune de Sienne marble center/dining table. The table is raised by its impressive original Mecca base with ...

A striking Italian 19th century Baroque st. giltwood and patinated wood coffee/cocktail table. The rectangular table is raised by a beautiful giltwood base with lovely most elegant s...

A rare, round, hand carved walnut center table with lapis veneer inlaid top surrounded by etched gilded bronze banding.

A most decorative and very unique Italian 19th century Baroque style giltwood and glass cocktail table. The table is raised by richly carved X shaped supports with striking scrolled ...

French style flip-top console table with pierced and scrolled carved apron and cabriole legs with carved knees. It extends into a D-ended dining table. Dual purpose apartment furnitu...

Precious square coffee table exclusive Modenese Interiors luxury design with inlaid top using different kinds of wood and mother of pearl finishing all over the structure. Dive into ...

The rectangular top above a long drawer raised on chamfered legs joined stretchers.

Among the most beautiful examples of hardstone artistry that have ever entered our collection, these important Grand Ducal pietre dure console tables are in a class all their own. Their powerful architectural elegance, impressive size and rarity make them two of the finest hardstone masterpieces ever created and quite possibly the greatest pair of pietre dure tables in existence. With their naturalistically rendered flowers and birds, these tabletop panels showcase the particularly fine quality craftsmanship of the Grand Ducal workshops in Florence during the first quarter of the 17th century. Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici, one of the most important personages in the annals of art history, established the Grand Ducal Workshop in 1588. The workshop specialized in the art of pietre dure developed from the ancient art of opus sectile, giving rise to the most luxurious and detailed examples of hardstone artistry ever produced. Its patrons were the Popes and Royals of Europe, and the quality of the objects produced in the workshop is without equal. Typically, because of the high level of workmanship the art form requires, pietre dure plaques were crafted in small sizes. The great majority of known examples of pietre dure are a fraction of the size of our grand tables. The combination of pietre dure and extensive use of other rare decorative hardstones such as lapis lazuli and pietra paesina or “ruin marble” meant that these tabletops were surely produced for a wealthy collector. The tables are further distinguished by their superbly carved bases by Andrea Brustolon, known as the “Michelangelo of wood.” Brustolon was a Venetian wood sculptor known for his exuberant and intricate Baroque furniture. His high Baroque style was influenced by his years studying in Rome, where he was exposed to the sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Crafted in the early 18th century, these bases display Brusolon’s unmatched talent for both figural and foliate work, combining cupids, masks and oversized scrolling vines for a grand, ornate effect. Similar furnishings by Brustolon are held in museums worldwide, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Museum of Scotland and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the Ca' Rezzonico Museum in Venice features an entire room dedicated to the sculptor. For approximately 150 years, these tables were part of the famed Stoneleigh Abbey collection owned by the Lord Leigh family. This renowned English country estate inspired Jane Austen to write Mansfield Park. Lord Leigh eventually sold the tables at Christie’s London in 1962, and the pair have stayed in the collection of the same Florentine family who purchased them from Christie's until we recently acquired them. Our tables are prominently pictured in the important Saul Levy book Il Mobile Veneziano del Settencento. The pietre dure plaques date circa 1625-1650. The decorative tops likely would have originally been sold with a pair of plain stone columns to display them, and Lord Leigh would have commissioned the custom bases from Brustolon circa 1714 when he added the impressive four-story fifteen-bay Baroque West Wing to Stoneleigh Abbey. A similar single Grand Ducal tabletop is in the United Kingdom’s National Trust Collection, and a smaller tabletop resides in Buckingham Palace. The flower and bird panels in our examples relate to the famous Badminton Cabinet...