Rare American Classical Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany, Marbeland Parcel Gilt Console Table , early 19th c., New York, proper right mount marked "GA", marble top, die-cut brass bordered frieze, mirrored back, marble columns and pilasters, incurvate stretcher shelf with gilt stenciled decoration, acanthus and cornucopia brackets, paw feet, h. 37 1/2 in., w. 57 1/2 in., d. 20 1/8 in. Note: A pier table and a secretary bookcase both attributed to Joseph Meeks & Sons in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. nos. 60.29.2a,b and 60.29.1) have distinctive carved capitals, a shaped medial shelf and massive acanthus carved paw feet issuing cornucopia nearly identical to those in the lot above. Moreover, the proportions of the table offered here are monumental. While New York pier tables with the elements listed above are documented, the large scale of this table is very rare. The echo of the Carrara marble supports in marble pilasters flanking the mirror behind is also an embellishment indicating the best quality from the cabinet shop. Ref.: Berry Tracy, et al. Nineteenth-Century America, Furniture and Other Decorative Arts. New York: New York Graphic Society, 1970, pl. 70.