Spanish (or Neapolitan) manufacturing
Console Tables
Details
Artist
Spanish (or Neapolitan) manufacturing
Title
Console Tables
Date
About 1750s
Medium
Painted, gilded wood, with green-granite top
Dimensions
88 x 130 x 59.5 cm
Reference
: CVCSC:0233.1.1.S and CVCSC:0233.1.2.S/ CVCSC:0233.2.1.S and CVCSC:0233.2.2.S
Collection
Status
On Display
These consoles form a pair and resemble decorative furniture from the Spanish royal palace of El Prado, outside Madrid. Their gold, green, pink, and white colours and refined carving are reminiscent of the porcelain produced by the famous Capodimonte porcelain factory built up in Naples by Charles of Bourbon (1716–1788). In 1759, when he became king of Spain as Charles III, he brought the best craftsmen from Naples with him to build the Buen Retiro porcelain factory in Madrid, influencing contemporary furnishing and design.
Spanish (or Neapolitan) manufacturing Console Tables About 1750s © Compton Verney