A Very Good Victorian Ebonised, Parcel Gilt & Marble Console Table c.1875 sub-Architectural & Garden the art of trompe l'oeil

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A Very Good Victorian Ebonised, Parcel Gilt & Marble Console Table c.1875 sub-Architectural & Garden the art of trompe l'oeilOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 85 Height: 33. 75 Width: 36. 25 Depth: 15 (at extremities) The ebonised console table, of aesthetic movement influence, with a breakfront slate marble top over octagonal Ionic baluster columns, the whole being parcel gilt decorated and sitting on large brass castors survives from the third quarter of nineteenth century England. The table hasnt had any restoration to note and