Gorgeous Antique Dining Table, Large Italian Renaissance Revival, Trestle, 104"L 1800s, 19th Century!!
LARGE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL TRESTLE DINING TABLE, 104"L19th c 1800s, 19th Century!!
Large Italian Renaissance Revival carved wood dining table, 19th c., having rectangular top, rising on scrolled trestle supports with protruding grotesque masks, ending on paw feet, approx 32"h, 104"l, 41"w, floor to bottom of apron (clearance): approx 29.5"h
19th-century Italian Renaissance Revival dining table, likely dating from around 1870–1890.
🏛️ Design Features
Grotesque masks and paw feet — inspired by the High Renaissance decorative vocabulary of Florence and Venice, revived during the late-19th-century Italian and American Renaissance Revival periods.
Scrolled trestle supports — an architectural base form reminiscent of Renaissance refectory tables.
Carved stretcher with foliate scrollwork — both structural and decorative, typical of Italian craftsmanship.
Rectangular molded top with dentil-carved apron — the crisp detailing suggests a higher-end workshop.
📜 Historical Context
During the mid- to late-1800s, wealthy clients across Europe and America commissioned furniture in the Renaissance Revival style to evoke grandeur and classical learning.
This table would have been the centerpiece of a dining or library room in an aristocratic or merchant household.
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Wear and imperfections commensurate with being moved, age and use. See photos.74t25
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