Italian Console Tables

Elegant mid-20th century console table made in Italy 1950s. Forged iron and goldleaf. approximately 27.5 tall x 29.5 wide x 10 deep. Sculptural base attaches to the wall supporting top frame of demilune glass...

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...

A fine pair of Italian neoclassical Biedermeier Walnut Veneered consoles with ebonized legs and extraordinary provenance, c. 1830. A single drawe...

Long Console table attributed to Vittorio Dassi. Walnut.

An elegant Italian carved giltwood marble top console table circa 1880. Gilt details including curvaceous cabriole legs.

1970s Italian Modern Sculptural Travertine console Italy, 1970s A substantial console table, constructed in two parts, the top with beautifull...

This stylish pair of sandstone consoles were custom fabricated for a home in Palm Beach and will make an understated statement with their simple form and use of materials.

Vintage brass and chrome glass-top console table, body of the console is brass, feet are chrome.

An Italian console table, or desk, with single board top and trestle legs from the 18th century. This antique chestnut wood farm table from Italy...

Beige marble travertine Mid-Century Modern rectangular sofa console table.

Narrow demilune console, having a faux-mabre top, on painted and parcel-gilt base, its half-dome apron raised on a tapering pedestal, surmounted by Ion...

A pretty Italian neoclassical cream and grey painted console table, the Breche d'Alep marble top supported by a highly carved painted base with a ...

Italian console table finished with polychrome blue in color with partial gilt accents, petite scale table using antique parts. Scalloped edging on table top, with tiered base.   

Console by Marzio Cecchi, Italy, circa 1970, in painted metal and glass, one of three known examples made for the Helle Boutique in La Spezia, manufactured by Studio Most, Florence.

Early 1900s French carved softly hand painted console table with intricate carved detail of woman's face, shells, acanthus leaves, flowers, scrolls, and so much more. The finish is painted in soft muted colors that include a cream base with accents of blue and gold. The table stands on four cabriole shaped carved acanthus leaf legs that are connected by a bottom stretcher and end in a carved animal foot...

A late 18th century Italian trestle table with iron stretcher. This antique table from Italy features a rectangular-shaped top from a single piece of walnut wood, which is raised upo...

18th Century Venetian Rococo Wall-Mounted Console, hand-painted with gold leaf edged scalloped top, cabriole legs and rare fossilized marble top. Circa 1765.

Attractive, rare Renaissance trestle table of typical, bold design and beautiful rich color. Provenance: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

Pair of terra cotta console tables in three parts. Probably Italian. neoclassical in Egyptomania era.

Exceptional Italian Mid-Century Modern console in the manner of Ico Parisi with one drawer compartment covered in fruitwood, lined on the inside with aqua fabric. Top features a cant...