A NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO THUYA WOOD, OLIVEWOOD, LABURNUM, AND FRUITWOOD WRITING DESK

MID-18TH CENTURY

Details

A NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO THUYA WOOD, OLIVEWOOD, LABURNUM, AND FRUITWOOD WRITING DESK
Mid-18th Century
The serpentine top with mosaic veneered central panel, with crossbanded edge above a frieze with three pull-out writing slides above an arrangement of eight drawers, and with a shaped apron below, on cabriole legs headed by leafy strapwork, finished to the reverse, previously with casters
30½in. (77.5cm.) high, 49in. (124.5cm.) wide, 28½in. (72.5cm.) deep

Provenance

Purchased from Galleria Veneziani, Rome.

Lot Essay

This massive desk with mosaic marquetry in burled woods presents unusual constructional cuts to the tops of the legs where they join the case; it is highly possible that this is a regional convention. A Venetian desk of overall similar form in walnut with olivewood crossbanding which appears to share this atypical leg joint is illustrated in S. Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Milan, 1964, pl. 205.

More from The di Portanova Collection

View All