AN ITALIAN BAROQUE IVORY-INLAID EBONY, PALISSANDER AND PARQUETRY CENTER TABLE**

17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NAPLES

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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE IVORY-INLAID EBONY, PALISSANDER AND PARQUETRY CENTER TABLE**
17th Century, probably Naples
The rectangular top with stepped superstructure comprising one short above two short drawers, the frieze with two short drawers on an X-form shaft and stepped scrolling Greek-key legs, with overall geometric paneling set with engraved bone figures of huntsman, game and hunting dogs, faintly inscribed in white chalk 3885
42in. (106.5cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide, 17½in. (44.5cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The use of engraved ivory-inlaid reserves joined by ivory stringing against an ebony ground such as that on this unusual small table is found on a group of Neapolitan cabinets and tables dating to the late 16th and early 17th Century (see A. Gonzáles-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicile, vol. 2, Milan, 1984, pp. 186-191.) This group also features the use of animal imagery which is found on this table, and is seen on a table illustrated in Gonzáles-Palacios op.cit, p. 191, pl. 439.

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