Quattro consolles con specchiere in legno laccato,... Lot n° 73

Of straight line, the decorative motifs are inspired by ancient floral bouquets and arabesque decorations taken from Pompeian paintings and their Renaissance reproductions. Consoles with bands centred by lion heads between spirals and masks on the sides, truncated cone legs with grotesque carvings. High mirrors decorated in relief with gilded candelabra motifs, winged griffins, medallions with portraits, imaginary animals, vases and plant festoons. Nuts enriched with rosettes and used as joints between the bands and the legs of the consoles and between the various rectangular panels of the mirrors, Upper parts of the mirrors with grisaille paintings of later date, consoles cm 127x52x99; mirrors height cm 310, Galleria Pananti Casa d'Aste, Florence 4 April 2009, lots 202 and 203