Gilt Louis Seize Console Table with Green Marble Top, Tuscany / Italy, Late 18th Century

Gilt and gold-patinated Neoclassical console table raised on carved tapering square legs with fluting and scrolling foliate decoration. The straight frieze is richly ornamented with beaded molding, lyre and acanthus leaf motifs set within medallions, and a central lion’s head. The top is formed of green-veined marble and framed by a decorative surrounding border of yellow marble.