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Gilt metal pedestal, with gadrooned top, with a caryatid stem support on a scroll base. 42.13 in. high

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  • Caryatid - A Greek term that in architecture applies to a carved or cast female figures that acts as a column or pillar, supporting an entablature on her head.

    In decorative arts , in furniture of the Renaissance and Classical Revival periods. Male figures are known as Atlantes.

    Carved figures are rare on Australian furniture until the later 19th century, Australian craftsmen generally preferring to adopt the designs of the pattern books to rather more simple forms, such as scrolls or columns.
  • Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.

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