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Lot 61:
A Baroque Style Decorative Pedestal or Altar Stipe
Description
A single decorative pedestal, styled as a Baroque Altar Stipe. The piece features a tapered shaft rising from a flared square plinth base to a molded square capital. The construction appears to be painted wood or composite material, finished in a distressed cream or pale yellow ground. The shaft is heavily ornamented with applied or molded decoration, highlighted with gold paint. Motifs include repeating intertwined laurel wreaths, central rosettes, scrolling swags, and foliate carvings, consistent with Baroque or highly ornate Classical Revival design.
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