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A NORTH ITALIAN CREAM AND GREEN-PAINTED BUREAU PLAT
Lot 186

A NORTH ITALIAN CREAM AND GREEN-PAINTED BUREAU PLAT

GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed11 June 2010

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A NORTH ITALIAN CREAM AND GREEN-PAINTED BUREAU PLAT
GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped rectangular top with a later tooled leather writing surface above a scalloped apron with three drawers, on cabriole legs, decoration extensively refreshed, the underside with ink inscription POA /PISA
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) wide, 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Typical of the Barocchetto Genovese, this type of cream and polychrome-decorated writing table delicately painted with floral motifs, was popular in mid-18th century Genoa and Liguria. Their understated elegance and delicate bomb shapes reflect the strong influence France had on the Republic of Genoa throughout the 18th Century. Related decorated writing tables are illustrated in L. Canonero, Barocchetto Genovese, Milano, 1962, pp. LXIV and LXXII.