Live Auction 2435500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets
A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CENTER TABLE
Lot 471 THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTOR (LOTS 470-473)

A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CENTER TABLE

CIRCA 1730, THE SCAGLIOLA TOP ASSOCIATED AND POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2011

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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD CENTER TABLE
CIRCA 1730, THE SCAGLIOLA TOP ASSOCIATED AND POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY
The top decorated with scenes of frolicking putti, on a base with a carved frieze and mask-carved scrolled legs
28¼ in. (71 cm.) high, 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Specialist note

While elements in the scagliola top of this table can be found in multiple other examples one, in particular, relates closely. The table, in the Bianchi Collection of Florence, has the same somewhat charmingly chaotic scenes of frolicking putti (see A. M. Massinelli, Scagliola: l'arte della pietra di luna, Rome, 1993, pp. 122-123).