Lot 71: A Swiss neoclassical carved giltwood console circa 1780, attributed to Johann Friedrich Funk II, Berne

with a shaped demi-lune grey marble top above a guilloche-carved apron hung with floral swags, raised on fluted tapering legs joined by shaped stretchers centered by an urn flanked by swags. Johann Friedrich Funk II (1745-1811) was a scion of the Funk family of cabinet-makers founded in Bern by Mathäuf Funk (b.1697) in the early 18th century.

measurements height 35 1/2 in.; width 64 in.; depth 26 in. alternate measurements 90 cm; 162.5 cm; 66 cm

A closely comparable console (one of a pair) by Funk is illustrated, Hermann von Fischer, Fonck A Berne, Bern, 2001, p. 259, fig. 493. It is in Schloss Jegenstorf and is fitted with identical floral swags. The carving of the legs, feet and stretcher is also virtually identical, thus making an attribution to this maker entirely appropriate.