IN THE MANNER OF PIETRO BOSSI, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A scagliola inlaid white statuary marble chimneypiece
In the manner of Pietro Bossi, First half 19th century
The moulded shelf above a breakfront frieze, the central tablet with a musical medallion above ribbon-tied crossed berried branches, the projecting jambs headed by conforming berried branch tablets
64¼in. (163.2cm.) wide, 55in. (139.7cm.) high; the aperture -- 44in. (111.7cm.) wide, 41¼in. (104.8cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Although the London craftsman, John Richter, had taken out a patent for "an Art or Method on inlaying Scagiola or Plaster in and upon Marble and Metals to imitate....all sorts of ornament" in 1770 (no. 978). This type of inlay of coloured marble and scagliola on a white marble ground is attributed to Pietro Bossi, an Italian craftsman who is listed in the Dublin Directories as 'Inlayer in marble and Stucco Worker' at 22 Fleet Street in 1785-86 and at 38 Fleet Street in 1787-98.

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