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

Naples

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