CENTER TABLE - The Embden Collection Renaissance, France or Italy, 16th century. Walnut carved with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and acorns, inlaid with light/dark fillets and light stylized tendrils. Rectangular leaf on a straight frame, the legs each consisting of two gadrooned columns and connected by an H-stretcher and on scrolled feet. The stretcher with an intermediate web in the form of an arcade gallery. The leaf with two later extensions. 132(232) × 83 × 84.5 cm. Leaf with cracks, losses and signs of use. Provenance: The Arlette and Antony Embden Collection, France. Tables with differently designed legs and the striking arcade motif as a central support are particularly common in Tuscan furniture. One example is a table from the Palazzo Torregiani, which dates from around 1540 (see Wilhelm von Bode: Italian Renaissance Furniture. New York 1921, p. XXV, No. 54), another example is a table from the Bardini Collection in Florence (cf. Frida Schottmüller: Wohnungskultur und Möbel der italienischen Renaissance. Stuttgart 1921, p. 143, No. 3129). A table similar in design can be found in the Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon (inv. no. L 1258). * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.