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An Italian Carved Cerused Wood Marble-Top Console Table
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Sold
$9,500
Live Auction
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description
An Italian Carved Cerused Wood Marble-Top Console Table
Second Half 18th Century
Height 34 5/8 x width 64 x depth 25 1/2 inches.
Property from the Estate of Patricia Ann Black Smyth, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sold to Benefit Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, offered without reserve
Condition
Sturdy and usable condition overall. Some later blocks added to the underside to support the top. The marble top has a crack with minor fill-in from an earlier repair; the top is intact but might be somewhat fragile due to the crack and repair. The base has minor chips at edges, some heavier wear around the feet, with worn corners, and old discolorations / marks / worm holes as is normal. The eagle supports may have been separated from the frieze / top at some point and re-attached, but they seem 18th century.
Provenance
Patricia Ann Black Smyth (1925-2018) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest Bateman Black and Faye Bunyan Black. She attended Miss Crosby's School in Illinois and graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, where she was a lifetime member of the Wellesley Friends of the Library Organization. Mrs. Smyth also served as a member of the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri, and was a long-time docent at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hindman is thrilled to present Mrs. Smyth’s refined and diverse collection, which will be sold without reserve to benefit Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.
Berea College was founded in 1855 with the express mission of educating both women and men of all racial backgrounds. It is the South’s first racially integrated and co-educational college and is guided by the motto from Acts 17:26: “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth.”
Only students with high academic promise and limited financial means are accepted, and every student receives a Tuition Promise Scholarship—no student pays tuition. As a Work College, every student works at least 10 hours per week to help pay for housing, meals and personal expenses. Berea students have the lowest amount of student debt in the country, and half graduate debt free.
Today, Berea serves over 1,600 students, the majority of which are from Kentucky and Appalachia, although its student body hails from over 40 states and 70 countries. Berea depends heavily on alumni and friends to continue to fulfill the no-tuition promise made to every student.