- 199
A fine Italian rosewood, tulipwood and marquetry writing table, Tuscan, probably by Spighi circa 1800
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- 77.5cm. high, 92.5cm. wide, 69cm. deep; 2ft. 6½in., 3ft. ½in., 2ft. 3¼in.
the rectangular top with plain central section with fan motifs at each corner within a border with squared trompe-l'oeil motifs, above a frieze drawer and a frieze on all sides centered by an oval fan motif, on squared tapering legs inlaid partially to simulate fluting and headed by capitols hung with swags, on toupie feet
Catalogue Note
The present table with lots 193 and 195 clearly shows the influence that English designers and furniture makers had towards the late 18th century in Italy, and more particularly in Florence. For two similar tables, see E. Colle, I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti: il Primo periodo Lorenese 1737-1799, Florence, 1992, p. 96, fig. 27 and S. Chiarugi, Botteghe di Mobilieri in Toscana, Vol.I , Florence, 1994, pp.94-95