Lot Essay
A table top of related pattern, acquired in 1881 by the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria & Albert Museum, is supported on a frame bearing the Odescalchi arms (Museum no 57-1881)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A ROMAN PIETRA DURA TABLE TOP
Details
A ROMAN PIETRA DURA TABLE TOP
The rectangular moulded top with a central Jasper cabochon within a cartouche of brocatello di Spagna with a heart-shaped leaf at either end and with a polychrome palmette on a nero antico background, the outset corners of alabastro fiorito framed by a strapwork border with lapis lazuli and other marble cabochons, on a red brecchia background within a cippolino rosso moulded edge
61½in. x 42½in. (156cm. x 108cm.)
The rectangular moulded top with a central Jasper cabochon within a cartouche of brocatello di Spagna with a heart-shaped leaf at either end and with a polychrome palmette on a nero antico background, the outset corners of alabastro fiorito framed by a strapwork border with lapis lazuli and other marble cabochons, on a red brecchia background within a cippolino rosso moulded edge
61½in. x 42½in. (156cm. x 108cm.)
Provenance
Probably the Earl's of Clarendon, The Grove, Watford, Hertfordshire
Thence by descent to Gerald Hyde-Villiers (d. 1953), Egham, Surrey
Given by the above to the father of the present owner
Thence by descent to Gerald Hyde-Villiers (d. 1953), Egham, Surrey
Given by the above to the father of the present owner