Pastiglia |
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Gesso (plaster) that was dripped on furniture in layers and then carved and gilded in bas-relief in the Italian Renaissance period.
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Examples from our gallery:
 | Italian, Renaissance period, giltwood and pastiglia cassone (Item No. 836)
The arched top decorated and star-shaped motif centered by a coat-of-arms, above a rectangular body decorated in pastiglia with figures in procession, the sides with similar star-shaped motif on bracket legs. Circa 1430, with restorations.
Dimensions: 29½" high by 71½" wide by 23¼" deep
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Pied de biche |
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Deer feet, typically found at the base of cabriole legs in Regence and Louis XV furniture. (c.f. pied de sabots)
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Pied de sabots |
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Hoof feet, typically found at the base of cabriole legs in Regence and Louis XV furniture. (c.f. pied de biche)
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Examples from our gallery:
 | Fine, French, Regence period, carved giltwood console (Item No. 843)
With veined pink marble serpentine-fronted top above a shell and foliate frieze on crosshatched and diagonal reeded ground, raised on foliate-carved double scroll cabriole legs terminating in "pied de sabots." Circa 1725.
Dimensions: 30¼" high by 31½" wide by 17" deep
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 | Italian, Rococco period, walnut console (Item No. 838)
With wooden top painted to resemble marble and legs terminating in pied de sabots. From Naples. Mid-18th century.
Dimensions: 60" wide by 35" high by 26½" deep
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 | French, Regence period bureau en pente (Item No. 667)
Early 18th century and later. In solid, carved oak with legs terminating in "pied de sabots."
Dimensions: 38" high by 27" wide by 24" deep
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 | Louis XV style, Italian bureau plat (Item No. 414)
With painted verde gris finish and embossed leather writing surface, exaggerated cabriole legs ending in pied de sabots. Late 18th or early 19th century.
Dimensions: 65" wide by 29" deep by 30" high
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 | Regence period canapé (Item No. 485)
In solid, carved walnut with original needlepoint tapestry and legs terminating in pied de sabots. Early 18th century.
Dimensions: 73" wide by 27" deep by 42" high
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