Lot Essay
See Sotheby's, London, 21st May 1993, lots 51-58, for a bedroom suite by Lanata of Lavagna.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 224-232)
A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT, MARQUETRY AND IVORY-INLAID BEDROOM SUITE, attributed to Angelo Lanata and Sons of Lavagna, late 19th Century, each piece profusely inlaid all over in an ivory parquetry pattern in the 15th century manner known as alla certosina, and with marquetry panels of figures in ivory, bone, brass, copper and pewter, consisting of:
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A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT, MARQUETRY AND IVORY-INLAID BEDROOM SUITE, attributed to Angelo Lanata and Sons of Lavagna, late 19th Century, each piece profusely inlaid all over in an ivory parquetry pattern in the 15th century manner known as alla certosina, and with marquetry panels of figures in ivory, bone, brass, copper and pewter, consisting of:
A DOUBLE BED, the headboard with a broken arch centred by two cherubs and flanked to each side by an urn above a moulded and carved pediment with a marquetry inlaid panel depicting Aurora, the Dawn Goddess, in her triumphal chariot (after Guido Reni), flanked by female nude caryatids, the footboard with a stepped top, centred by a shell and with four turned finials, inlaid with a marquetry arched panel of festive dancing cherubs, with a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses in the distance, flanked to each side by a rectangular parquetry panel, centred by a marquetry inlaid figure of a cherub, with the two side stretchers, on moulded base and two carved tortoise front supports
68in. (172.5cm.) wide; 92½in. (235cm.) high; 88in. (223.5cm.) deep
A DOUBLE BED, the headboard with a broken arch centred by two cherubs and flanked to each side by an urn above a moulded and carved pediment with a marquetry inlaid panel depicting Aurora, the Dawn Goddess, in her triumphal chariot (after Guido Reni), flanked by female nude caryatids, the footboard with a stepped top, centred by a shell and with four turned finials, inlaid with a marquetry arched panel of festive dancing cherubs, with a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses in the distance, flanked to each side by a rectangular parquetry panel, centred by a marquetry inlaid figure of a cherub, with the two side stretchers, on moulded base and two carved tortoise front supports
68in. (172.5cm.) wide; 92½in. (235cm.) high; 88in. (223.5cm.) deep