An Italian fruitwood and ebony inlaid parquetry centre table late 19th century

in the hispano-moresque manner, with a lobed top above eight frieze drawers on a facetted baluster and cruciform stem and a shaped base with concave sides, on block feet the  whole inlaid with geometric parquetry

Comparative Literature:
Enrico Colle, Il Mobile dell'Ottocento in Italia arredi e decorazioni d'interni dal 1815 al 1900, Milan, 2007, p. 138.

This table probably originates in Sorrento with its intricate inlay. The revival of the hispano-moresque type inlay which was originally practiced in the 16^th century in Venice, was also revived in Genoa in the 19^th century.

A Genoese confessional with similar inlay by Giambattista Gaoli for the chiesa dell'Immacolata, Genoa, is illustrated by Colle op.cit., p.138, fig. 38.