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A NORTH ITALIAN EBONY AND IVORY INLAID 'ALLA CERTOSINA' WALNUT CENTRE TABLE
Lot 429

A NORTH ITALIAN EBONY AND IVORY INLAID 'ALLA CERTOSINA' WALNUT CENTRE TABLE

MID 19TH CENTURY

Closed22 March 2011

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GBP 5,000

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A NORTH ITALIAN EBONY AND IVORY INLAID 'ALLA CERTOSINA' WALNUT CENTRE TABLE
MID 19TH CENTURY
The canted rectangular top inlaid with Moorish geometric patterns and scrolling foliage, on carved harpy supports united by a stretcher centred by an urn
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 60 in. (152 cm.) wide; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) deep

Acquired by the present owner's mother in 1947 from Parmoor House, Buckinghamshire, formerly owned by Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor (1852-1941). Then leased to King Zog I, Skanderbeg III of the Albanians, (1895-9 April 1961) from 1941 to 1946, whilst in exile.