MID-18TH CENTURY, BY GIUSEPPE GUIDELLI, THE BASE OF A LATER DATE

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AN ITALIAN SCAGLIOLA TABLE TOP
Mid-18th Century, by Giuseppe Guidelli, the base of a later date
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage, strap work and flower vases, resting on cartouches, centred by an oval medallion (decoration erased) within acanthus scrolls, inscribed 'Giuseppe Guidell ...... Bagno &: ...', the marbleised base with canted baluster supports and on T-shaped platform, the top with restored break and subsequent patches
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 94 in. (239 cm.) wide; 143 in. (109 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Giuseppe Giudelli is recorded as working as a scagliolista in Carpi in the 1740's and 1750's. His work is characterized by delicate floral trails, often on a white ground and with borders in imitation of embroidered textiles, as featured on a series of altar frontals by Guidelli in the church of Quattro Castella in Reggiano (see A. M. Massinelli, Scagliola L'Arte della Pietra di Luna, Rome, 1997, p. 108 and figs. 86-87b).

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