The Collection of Count and Countess Volpi di Misurata – Palazzo Volpi Unveiled

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An Italian giltwood side table, probably Florence, circa 1770, in the manner of Piranesi | Table console en bois doré, Italie, probablement Florence, vers 1770, à la manière de Piranèse

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February 28, 08:32 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 10,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

An Italian giltwood side table, probably Florence, circa 1770, in the manner of Piranesi

the later portor marble top above a frieze decorated with a Mercury mask, foliage and bucrania

Height. 33 ⅞ in, width. 44 ½ in, depth. 19 ⅝ in

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Table console en bois doré, Italie, probablement Florence, vers 1770, à la manière de Piranèse

la galerie décorée de têtes de Mercure, de feuillages et de bucranes, dessus de marbre portor postérieur

Haut. 86 cm, larg. 113 cm, prof. 50 cm

Three similar console tables of a similar shape and attributed to the carved Luigi Gelati in 1798 are in the collections of Palazzo Pitti in Florence (illustrated in Enrico Colle, Il mobile di Palazzo Pitti: il primo periodo lorenese, Florence, 1992, pp. 140-141, no. 68).

Trois consoles similaires attribuées à Luigi Gelati en 1798 sont conservées dans les collection du palais Pitti à Florence (voir E. Colle, Il mobile di Palazzo Pitti: il primo periodo lorenese, Florence, 1992, pp. 140-141, no. 68).

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