Carved & Painted Demi-Lune Console Table with White Marble Top--Italian

A French demi-lune console table with its original marble top from the early 20th century. This antique table from France is half-moon shaped with beautifully colored marble, which rests atop an exquisitely carved decor of leaves and flowers on its apron with shell at front/center. This piece is presented upon four flute-carved, round tapering legs, with wrapped acanthus leaves adorning the knees and again at the feet. The original marble has a color palette with rose, amethyst, blue, grays, and cream- which looks lovely against the cream color of the wood, with bronze gilt accents. This antique French...

An Italian Neoclassical period carved wood console table, with original finish and original marble top, from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. This antique table from Italy has ...

An Interesting and High Quality 19th Century French Empire Period Demi Lune Console or Side Table with Original Painted Surface and Faux Marble Top. This lovely table is of demi lun...

Console tables are beautiful, graceful tables that also serve a practical purpose. These tables are aligned against a wall, often between two windows and/or placed beneath a mirror. You might find accessories or artwork resting on the marble or wooden tops. During the Regence period, these tables would often be painted to match the colors of the wood paneling of the walls, indicating that this console table came from an opulent room. Hand-carved in Italy during the 1700’s, the wood has a lacquered white finish with gilded highlights. The rouge royal marble from Belgium has white and gray veining and light inclusions with a quarter round finish on three sides (like most consoles, the backside is typically left unpainted or raw – as this is the side that abuts the wall). Beneath the thick marble are four cabriole legs with pied-de-biche (deer’s foot...