A Way of Life: the Collection of Barbara & Ernest Kafka
A North Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Rectangular Center Table Inlaid with a Scagliola Panel, Possibly Carpi or Emilian, the Table 17th Century, the Scagliola Panel Early 18th Century
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October 18, 09:30 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
A North Italian Baroque Carved Walnut Rectangular Center Table Inlaid with a Scagliola Panel, Possibly Carpi or Emilian, the Table 17th Century, the Scagliola Panel Early 18th Century
the top depicting an arrangement of flowers within an oval surrounded by playing cards, reserved on a Porphyry imitating ground
height 29 in.; width 32 1/2 in.; depth 24 1/2 in.
74 cm; 83 cm; 61 cm
Scagliola is produced by reducing a mineral stone, selentine, to a powder and mixing it with natural colored pigments and animal glue. The original drawing is transferred with a pounce on a marble or scagliola slab, and it is then engraved with a mallet and chisel. The colored mixtures fill the engraved drawing and are leveled with water and pumice stone. Then the work is engraved again with a burin to obtain other different colors and shades.
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