FLORENCE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE
FLORENCE, MID-18TH CENTURY
With a later mottled pink marble top
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 58 ½ in. (148 cm.) wide, 25 ¼ in. (64.3 cm.) deep

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that top two lines of the cataloguing should read as follows: A NORTH ITALIAN ROSEWOOD AND FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY COMMODE, FLORENCE, MID-18TH CENTURY. This lot incorporates material from endangered species which could result in export restrictions.

Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated E. Colle ed., I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, 1737-1799, Florence, 1992, p. 73, no. 9, and another pair sold Christie’s, New York, 21 June 2000, lot 145, which were erroneously catalogued as from Naples.

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