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Gilt and Carved Wood Console Table – Piedmont, Turin Area, Late 18th Century
There was a time when furniture spoke before words ever did. In a noble residence in Piedmont—most likely in a reception hall or a grand drawing room—this console welcomed guests and glances alike, silently conveying the prestige and refined taste of a cultivated family.
Crafted in the second half of the 18th century, its slender structure rises on elegantly shaped and carved legs, joined by a richly sculpted apron dominated at the center by a large fan-shaped shell. A decoration still rooted in the Baroque tradition, yet already infused with the balance and restraint that herald the coming Neoclassicism.
Above, a shaped marble top with warm natural veining completes the composition with innate harmony, enhancing the gold leaf gilding that still catches the light with antique grace.
Carefully restored with full respect for its original patina and the traces of time, this console has lost none of its visual strength. On the contrary, it now stands ready to engage with contemporary design languages—within spaces where every element is chosen with intention, and nothing is left to chance.
Its placement calls for sensitivity and vision: the kind possessed by those who can read the dialogue between memory and modernity, between historical form and present atmosphere. Even outside of its time, it continues to express what it was born to embody: elegance, prestige, distinction.
- Material: Gilt wood and marble
- Size: Cm 150x70x83h
- Condition: Restored
- Period: Ultimo quarto del '700
- Style: Baroque period, late phase
- State: Optimal conditions
