18th Century and Earlier Console Tables

A most attractive Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated wood, giltwood, and white Carrara marble Genovese console. The console is raised by elegant square tapered patinated...

An exceptional Italian 18th century Louis XV period giltwood and Rose Phocéen marble console. The free standing console is raised by most elegant cabriole legs with hoof shaped feet,...

A charming and most elegant French 18th century Louis XVI period patinated wood and Bleu Turquin marble console. The demi lune shaped freestanding console is raised by lovely circula...

A stunning and finely detailed Italian 18th century Neo-Classical st. Louis XVI Period patinated Wood, Giltwood, and Ancient Green marble. This beautiful freestanding demi lune conso...

Rare and important Gustavian tray table, Stockholm-master and original paint, circa 1770 - 80.

A good quality 18th century French carved giltwood, marble topped console table, having C scrolling foliate decoration, a shell central to the frieze, carved cabriole legs, united by...

An elegant and charming pair of French 18th century Louis XVI period wall mounted giltwood and marble consoles. Each console is raised by square topie designed feet below fine lightl...

A magnificent and unique Italian 18th century red polychrome and gilt wood Roman console. Raised on impressive elaborately scrolled legs ending in gilt feet, cabochons and borders, t...

A handsome and finely detailed French 18th century Regence st. Breccia Nuvolata Rosa Marble and Oak console. This freestanding Oak table is raised by four rounded cabriole legs decor...

A beautiful and most decorative pair of Italian 18th century Venetian st. Giltwood, patinated wood and Sienna marble consoles. Each freestanding console is raised by elegant Giltwood...

This antique Swedish table circa 1790 provides unique charm. Its one drawer features intricate carvings.

A striking 18th Century carved gilt wood Venetian console table, having a wonderful original serpentine shaped inlaid specimen marble top. Raised on four classical cabriole supports,...

Carved wood with original white paint, carved giltwood rosettes, original grey white-veined marble top. The rectangular top above a Greek key frieze with applied rosettes on square t...

17th Century Spanish walnut tressle table. Hand forged iron stretcher. Provenance: Tobler Chocolate Estate at George Subkoff.

An exceptional and wonderfully decorative Italian late 18th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood, Giltwood, Sienna and Breccia Pernice marble console. This truly stunning freesta...

Antique Marble Top From Louis XVI Cabinet. Top only. Marble-Top is Honed, in "Gris St. Anne" Dark Grey With White Veining. Backside is Straight, Front Side Has Large Rounded Corners ...

Rare and important 18th century Portuguese console made of Brazilian Rosewood. The eared serpentine top above a shaped frieze fitted w...

A sensational and most unique Italian 18th century giltwood and faux painted marble freestanding console, from Tuscany. The console is raised by a striking wonderfully executed base with a brick like design and a Fine mottled border. At the center is a majestic carved Fleur de Lys reserve behind which the charming and richly carved putti stands...

A beautiful and high quality Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. giltwood and Alabastro Cotognino console. The freestanding console is raised by unique and extremely decorative block rosette feet below baluster shaped acanthus leaf carvings and striking square tapered fluted legs with fine mottled designs and charming floral reserves. Above each leg are handsome lion heads holding rings with tassels...

Glorious, hand-carved, gessoed and champagne gilded console with a deep relief, serpentine apron of molded rocaille and foliate forms centered on a shell capped by blossoms. The base...

Hand carved, 2 piece, walnut console from the area of Tuscany.

Finely carved Italian console in excellent condition for its age. Not sure if marble top is original. Has a scagliola inlay of a pearl necklace in the marble.

An extremely decorative pair of Italian 18th century Louis XVI period patinated and mecca consoles. Each console is raised by elegant square tapered fluted legs with fine carved feet...

An Important Neoclassical Giltwood Console Roma,Italy 18th Century The mottled grey rectangular marble above an egg and dart edge, the guilloche frieze with a central rosette, on r...

A handsome Italian 18th century Louis XVI st. Mahogany and Scagliola console, from Tuscany. This beautiful freestanding rectangle console is raised by slender tapered fluted legs wit...

A charming and most decorative French 18th century Louis XV period patinated wood and Rouge de Verone marble console. The freestanding console is raised by elegant cabriole legs with...

A Fine Irish Mahogany Marble Top Console Table 18th Century With a rectangular marble insert over a finely carved frieze, all resting on cabriole legs ending in pad feet. He...

A most elegant and high quality Italian mid 18th century Louis XV period walnut console. The freestanding console is raised by beautiful slender cabriole legs with hoof feet and char...

A wonderful and most decorative Country French 18th century Régence Period painted and gilt console. The console is raised by four cabriole legs with carved hooves topped by gilt fol...

Tall, stately, hand-carved, walnut console table with large center drawer. Original marble top. The whole on turned and fluted legs.

An impressive Italian mid 19th century Louis XVI st. giltwood rectangular console. The console is raised S scrolled supports adorned with burnished acanthus leaves joined by a scroll...

A wonderful and very decorative Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated green and gilt freestanding console This lovely gilt trimmed console is raised on cabriole legs decorat...

Freestanding Danish Louis XVI table, in original painting with faux marble top, circa 1780.

A sensational Italian 18th century Louis XV period patinated wood and faux painted marble wall mounted console. The console is raised by a charming central foliate and floral reserve...

Ornate baroque carved giltwood console with foliage and scroll ornaments raised on shaped out-stepped plinth, Italian, 18th century.

A most elegant French 18th century Regence period giltwood and Rouge Griotte marble console. The wall mounted console is raised by beautiful scrolled foliate feet below the striking ...

An exquisite Italian 18th century Genovese st. giltwood and soapstone console. The freestanding console is raised by impressive richly decorated cabriole legs with scrolled acanthus ...

Dimensions: OAD: 23.5″ OAW: 74″ OAH: 36″

A hand-carved, solid walnut, single drawer, Tuscan console table. The top featuring it's original, marble slab sits above four tapering, turned le...

A Magnificent 18th Century Irish Walnut Console Table, with Irish Kilkenny Marble Top With bold and handsomely carved oak leaves and acorn across the apron, and enormously character...

An Impressive Mid 18th Century Carved Giltwood Console Table, in the manner of Kent Carefully dry stripped to reveal the soft lustre of the original gilt surface, the table has exce...

A George II White Painted Console Table The original breche violette top, of serpentine form, sits above a handsomely carved Vitruvian scroll fri...

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...

Spectacular long, rustic and very decorative Elizabethan Refectory table, well suited as console or library table or for casual dining. The...

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