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CIRCA 1850, THE PIETRE DURE BY CARLO CALI,
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A Napoleon III ebonised and Italian pietre dure writing table,
Circa 1850, the pietre dure by Carlo Cali,
The rectangular top inlaid with a central harbour scene, inscribed VEDUTA DEI SCOGLI DEI CICLOPI, Carlo Cali fece in Catania, surrounded by conforming concentric bands of red marble, black marble, and specimen marble, within a spreading frame, the case inlaid with brass banding, with a central frieze drawer opening to a mahogany-lined interior with sliding leather writing surface and a pigeon hole, above tapering fluted straight legs joined by an X-stretcher, on castors
29½in. (75cm.) high; 24½in. (62.3cm.) wide; 21in. (53.3cm.) deep
Circa 1850, the pietre dure by Carlo Cali,
The rectangular top inlaid with a central harbour scene, inscribed VEDUTA DEI SCOGLI DEI CICLOPI, Carlo Cali fece in Catania, surrounded by conforming concentric bands of red marble, black marble, and specimen marble, within a spreading frame, the case inlaid with brass banding, with a central frieze drawer opening to a mahogany-lined interior with sliding leather writing surface and a pigeon hole, above tapering fluted straight legs joined by an X-stretcher, on castors
29½in. (75cm.) high; 24½in. (62.3cm.) wide; 21in. (53.3cm.) deep