IMPORTANT SECRETAIRE CABINET, CIRCA 1900

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EUGENIO QUARTI (1867-1929)
IMPORTANT SECRETAIRE CABINET, CIRCA 1900
walnut, mahogany, ebony, brass, pewter, mother of pearl, glass and marquetry inlay, the fall-front enclosing pigeonholes and three drawers
78 5/8 in. (199.7 cm.) high; 47½ in. (120.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) deep
inlaid signature Quarti

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Lot Essay

A cabinet of this design, possibly the current lot, is illustrated in: V. Pica, L'arte decorativa all'esposizione di Torino 1902, Bergamo, 1902, p. 357;
I. De Guttry, M. P. Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Liberty, Bari, 1983, p. 48;
G. P. Weisberg, Stile Floreale: Cult of Nature in Italian Design, Miami, 1988, p. 33.

A similar example was exhibited at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, 1902.

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